saffronn.adj.
/ˈsafrən/, U.S. /ˈsæfrən/ A. n.
1. proverbial phrase.1778 T. Hutchinson Diary 11 Jan. Called on Bliss, who is as yellow as saffron with the jaundice.
a. An orange-red product consisting of the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus (see A. 2). Now used chiefly for colouring confectionery, liquors, etc., and for flavouring; formerly extensively used in medicine as a cordial and sudorific. hay saffron, cake saffron: see quot. 1849.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun]
saffronc1200
rorraa1500
fetida1588
balachong1699
gammon essence1706
ratafia1727
silphium1753
peppermint1811
Honduras sarsaparilla1818
oil of wintergreen1827
wintergreen oil1827
peppermint oil1850
apple oil1852
almond extract1865
duxelles1877
celery salt1897
gianduja1902
onion salt1925
garlic saltc1938
banoffi1994
the world > food and drink > food > additive > colouring agents > [noun]
saffronc1450
crocus1659
pot marigold1760
browning1769
parsley green1845
butter colour1877
food colouring1887
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > cordial > made from plants
saffron1685
orange flower1712
saffron cordial1728
pimento water1760
the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun] > compressed saffron
cake saffron1849
saffron cake1867
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Hire winpel wit oðer maked ȝeleu mid saffran.
a1350 St. Stephen 318 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1881) 32 The ferth [panier]..ful of safron semyd it right.
c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 19 His heer, his berd was lyk saffroun.
c1450 Two Cookery-bks. 70 Cast thereto Sapheron and salt.
c1460 Play Sacram. 177 Peper and saffyron and spycis smale.
1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 176 Cloves and saferne.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 91 A bason of silver to wash his hands in, full of Saforne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 44 I must haue Saffron to colour the Warden Pies. View more context for this quotation
1685 W. Temple Health in Wks. (1731) I. 284 Saffron is of all others the safest and most simple Cordial.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 448 Saffron and myrrh are on his garments shed.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 118 Syrup of saffron, a sufficient quantity to form an electuary.
1840 J. Pereira Elements Materia Medica ii. 674 4,320 flowers are required to yield one ounce of saffron.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1068 These stigmata are either dried in the loose state, forming Hay Saffron, or compressed into masses, constituting Cake Saffron.
1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara vii. 119 Saffron..is a grateful addition to fried, boiled, or stewed.
b. Indian saffron: turmeric.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > turmeric
turmeric1545
curcuma1617
Indian saffron1728
mango ginger1810
haldi1832
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Turmeric The Indians use it to dye their Rice, and other Foods, of a yellow Colour; whence some call it Indian Saffron.
1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. Saffron, Indian, the roots of various species of Curcuma.
2.
a. The Autumnal Crocus, Crocus sativus, which produces saffron.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > crocus
saffronc1425
autumn crocus1629
crocusa1639
Scotch crocus1731
vernal crocus1778
saffron crocus1857
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 645/18 [Nomina herbarum] Hic crocus, safurroun.
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. L iijv Colchicon..bryngeth furthe a whytishe floure lyke vnto safforne in the ende of autumne.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lv. 216 Saffron..groweth plentifully also in some places of England and Irelande.
1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 75 Note, that English Saffron may be suffered to stand for increase to the third or fourth year.
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 68 Crocus officinalis sativus... Common or autumnal Saffron.
1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 113 Cantabrian hills the purple saffron show.
b. bastard saffron = safflower n. 2; called also American saffron, dyer's saffron, †mock saffron. meadow or wild saffron, Colchicum autumnale. spring saffron, †saffron of the spring, Crocus vernus. African saffron or †Cape saffron, Lyperia crocea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > saffron-thistle
bastard saffron1548
carthamus1548
mock saffron1548
safflower1682
Cape saffron1711
distaff thistle1715
African saffron1866
saffron-thistle1889
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > autumn crocus
wood-lilya1400
saffron of the spring1548
meadow saffron1551
hermodactyl1578
Mercury's finger1589
colchicum1597
autumn crocus1629
naked ladies1668
naked boysa1697
upstart1852
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.iiij Cnecus..is called..in englishe Bastarde saffron or mocke saffron.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.iiij Cholchicum..maye be called in englishe, wylde saffron.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxii. 34 The seede of Bastarde Saffron..is hoate.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 126 In English spring time Saffrons, and vernall Saffrons.
1599 J. Gerard Catal. Arborum sig. B2 Crocus vernus..,Saffron of the spring.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 333 Colchis banefull Lillie, (With vs Wilde-Saffron).
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 79 in Sylva November..Flowers in Prime... Anemonies, Meadow Saffron.
1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LVIII Cape Saffron with a knotty stalk.
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 69 Spring Saffron, or Crocus.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1004/2 Saffron, African, Lyperia crocea.
3. The orange-yellow colour of saffron (sense A. 1).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > reddish yellow
saffrona1382
saffron coloura1398
saffron yellowa1398
reddish-yellow1530
orange-yellow1825
madder yellow1836
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iv. 5 That weren nurshid in faire clois of saffroun [L. qui nutriebantur in croceis].
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 2 Your sonne was misled with a snipt taffata fellow there, whose villanous saffron wold haue made all the vnbak'd and dowy youth of a nation in his colour.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 265. ¶9 Aurora..is robed in Saffron.
1798 W. S. Landor Gebir ii. 212 Go early, ere the glad~some Hours Strew saffron in the path of rising Morn.
1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin 29 When the sun in all his flagrant saffron stept.
4. Old Chemistry. = crocus n. 3. saffron of Mars n. = crocus of iron at crocus n. 3a.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > formed by calcination
spodiuma1425
spode1611
crocus1640
saffron1681
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [noun] > calcined
spodiuma1425
calxa1475
spode1611
crocus1640
saffron1681
calcination1712
1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick Introd. 54 Draw off the Menstruum, till the Saffron of the Gold remain almost dry.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Saffron of Steel, or Mars. See Crocus Martis.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Crocus Martis Astringens, Binding Saffron of Steel.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Crocus Crocus Martis aperiens, opening Saffron of Mars, is a Preparation of Iron Plates.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Saffron is also a Name given to several Chymical Preparations, from the Resemblance of their Colour to that of Saffron, but more usually called Croci: Such are Saffron of Venus... Saffron of Mars... Saffron of Gold.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 368 Saffron of Mars.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Saffron of Antimony. Sesquisulphuret of antimony.
5. Short for saffron butterfly n., saffron moth n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > member of > lazotaenia crocana
saffron1829
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Colias > colias edusa (saffron)
saffron butterfly?1703
saffron1829
1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 171 Lozotænia croceana..the Saffron.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 2 The Clouded Saffron (Colias Edusa, Fabricius).
B. adj.
Resembling saffron in colour. In early use also, †Coloured with saffron.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > reddish yellow > deep
saffron-hued1513
saffron-coloured1548
saffron1567
crocean1629
croceal1647
croceous1657
croceate1867
saffronic1949
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 35 Cammomill..there is three kindes hereof. One which hath a Saffron flower.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 22 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) [The law] which putteth away saffron shirtes and smockes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 62 Did this Companion with the saffron face Reuell and feast it at my house to day. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 321 Aurora now had left her Saffron Bed.
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 45 Nor lazy Jaundice dulls your Saffron Eye.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxviii. 136 Array'd in bright broidery, saffron of hue.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxvii. 457 The clear saffron glory of the western sky.
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C1. Compounds of the noun.
a. simple attributive, as saffron bulb n., saffron colour n., saffron flower n., saffron head n., saffron-kiln n., saffron ointment n., saffron yellow adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > reddish yellow
saffrona1382
saffron coloura1398
saffron yellowa1398
reddish-yellow1530
orange-yellow1825
madder yellow1836
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xli. 934 Crocomagma is ycleped þe superfluyte of spicery of þe whiche saffron oignement is ymade.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. xvi. 1288 Saffrin colour dyeþ and coloureþ humours and liquours more þan cytryne.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 545 Now saffron bulbes beth to sette or sowe.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Saffron-kiln, a Kiln to dry Saffron with.
1729 J. Douglass in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 572 To take up the Saffron Heads.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 2 Wings..above deep saffron yellow.
1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-mulgars viii. 108 A little bunch of faded saffron-flower.
1970 A. L. Simon & R. Howe Dict. Gastron. 332/1 The English town of Saffron Walden was an important producer [of saffron] and its town arms still have three saffron flowers pictured within the turreted walls.
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(a) Objective.
saffron-gatherer n.
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1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 42 The saffron-gatherers in the field.
(b) Parasynthetic.
saffron-clad adj.
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1881 O. Wilde Poems 106 Beheld an awful image saffron-clad.
saffron-coloured adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > reddish yellow > deep
saffron-hued1513
saffron-coloured1548
saffron1567
crocean1629
croceal1647
croceous1657
croceate1867
saffronic1949
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Crocotularius, a dyer of saffron coloured garmentes.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Gg5v But (as the Poets say) Hymen had not there his saffron-coloured coat.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 51 Aperture white, and throat saffron-coloured.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xviii. 180 A final saffron-colored light lay upon the ceiling.
saffron-flavoured adj.
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1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 243 Simnel Cake, a rich saffron-flavoured fruit cake with almond icing.
saffron-hued adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > reddish yellow > deep
saffron-hued1513
saffron-coloured1548
saffron1567
crocean1629
croceal1647
croceous1657
croceate1867
saffronic1949
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iii. 97 With saffron hewit frute.
saffron-robed adj.
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1971 Guardian 5 July 18/5 The saffron-robed members of the [Hare Krishna] order.
saffron-spotted adj.
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1945 J. Betjeman New Bats in Old Belfries 26 Little fields with boulders dotted, Grey-stone shoulders saffron-spotted.
c. Special combinations.† saffron-bag n. Obsolete ? a bag in which saffron is kept.† saffron cut adj. Obsolete the designation of a kind of tobacco.† saffron noble n. Obsolete ? a saffron-cake made in imitation of the coin.† saffron sauce n. Obsolete ? sauce flavoured with saffron. † saffron-tree n. Obsolete the American hackberry, Celtis crassifolia.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for salt or spices
powder bag1393
powder poke1496
saffron-bag?a1513
pepper polk1568
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Thy skolderit skin, hewd lyk ane saffrone bag.
1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) Life 6 I haue beene slaundered to preache that our lady was but a Saffron bagge.
saffron bun n. a bun flavoured with saffron.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > bun > [noun]
bun1371
wig1376
barley-bun1552
simnel cake1699
simlin1701
muffin1703
Chelsea bun1711
cross-bun1733
hot cross bun1733
penny bun1777
Sally Lunn1780
huffkin1790
Bath-bun1801
teacake1832
English muffin1842
saffron bun1852
Belgian bun1854
Valentine-bun1854
cinnamon roll1872
lunn1874
Yorkshire teacake1877
barmbrack1878
cinnamon bun1879
sticky bun1880
pan dulce1882
schnecke1899
wad1919
tabnab1933
1852 C. M. Yonge Two Guardians i. 12 A feast..of saffron buns, Devonshire cream, and cyder.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 153 Saffron bun and milk and soda lunch in the educational dairy.
1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 3/4 Each child received a saffron bun and a bottle of pop.
saffron cake n. (a) a cake flavoured with saffron; (b) (see quot. 1867, cf. cake saffron at sense A. 1a).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > saffron cake
saffron noble1593
saffron cake1747
the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun] > compressed saffron
cake saffron1849
saffron cake1867
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xv. 139 To make a fine Seed or Saffron Cake.
1867 H. B. Tristram Nat. Hist. Bible 479 These [stigmas of the saffron crocus] are pressed into small tablets before drying, when they form the saffron cake of the bazaars of the East.
1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships v. 87 A slice o' saffern-cake, crowder, to stay ye. Don't say no.
saffron cordial n. a cordial made with marigold-flowers, nutmeg and saffron.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cordial > [noun] > kinds of
water of milk1542
wormwood wine1565
milk water1602
wormwood water1612
mint water1639
persico1709
saffron cordial1728
peppermint water1756
pimento water1760
mint tea1764
peppermintc1770
rum shrub1788
ginger brandy1838
peppermint cordial1847
cloves1853
currant-shrub1856
shrub1861
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > cordial > made from plants
saffron1685
orange flower1712
saffron cordial1728
pimento water1760
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 229 The Saffron Cordial.
saffron crocus n. the Crocus sativus (see A. 2).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > crocus
saffronc1425
autumn crocus1629
crocusa1639
Scotch crocus1731
vernal crocus1778
saffron crocus1857
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §588 The Saffron Crocus, C. sativus.
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1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 324 10 hhds saffron cut tobacco.
saffron milk cap n. an edible orange-coloured funnel-shaped agaric, Lactarius deliciosus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > mushroom > types of
champignon1578
meadow mushroom1597
goat's beard1640
button mushroom1708
flap1744
flab?18..
whitecap1801
nutmeg-boletus1813
blewits1830
mitre mushroom1854
St. George's mushroom1854
springer1860
cheese-room1865
horse mushroom1866
oyster mushroom1875
redmilk1882
beef-steak fungus1886
blusher1887
shaggy cap1894
shaggy mane1895
maitake1905
shiitake1925
oysterc1950
miller1954
porcino1954
saffron milk cap1954
old man of the woods1972
portobello1985
1954 E. M. Wakefield Observer's Bk. Common Fungi 55 Saffron Milk Cap..is recognisable by the orange milk which quickly turns green on exposure to the air.
1972 Times 23 Sept. 14/5 The..‘Saffron Milk Cap’ is harmless and eagerly sought.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > saffron cake
saffron noble1593
saffron cake1747
1593 J. Dee 21 May in Private Diary (1842) 45 I gave him a saffron noble in ernest for a drinkpeny.
saffron rice n. rice flavoured with saffron.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > grain dishes > [noun] > rice dishes
pilau1609
mochi1616
yellow rice1655
kedgeree1662
fried rice1795
pilaf1814
risotto1821
nasi1853
arroz1858
jambalaya1872
rijsttafel1878
rice table1881
poule au riz1882
paella1892
sushi1893
rice and peas1898
omochi1899
zarda1899
strike me blind1901
pelau1907
rice tafel1910
nasi goreng1924
saffron rice1926
perlow1930
biryani1932
puto1938
cook-up1947
idli1958
jollof rice1959
pongal1961
nasi beryani1963
kimbap1966
nasi Padang1971
pilau rice1971
bibimbap1977
hand roll1982
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xxxviii. 198 They took very long about the food, and it was not till near noon that at last it came: a great bowl of saffron-rice, with a broken lamb littered over it.
1973 R. Parkes Guardians ii. 42 Dan helped himself to another portion of saffron rice, annointed it with curry and tabasco.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces
galantine1304
civya1325
egerdouce1381
gravy?c1390
camelinea1425
chawdronc1440
saffron sauce?a1505
sibber-sauce1556
ferry?1570
oxoleum1574
slabber-sauce1574
saupiquet1656
slapsauce1708
brown sauce1723
bread sauce1727
custard1747
bechamel1789
caper-sauce1791
tomato sauce1804
custard cream1805
allemande1806
sambal1815
Reading sauce1816
Harvey's Sauce1818
velouté sauce1830
suprême sauce1833
parsley sauce1836
agrodolce1838
Worcestershire sauce1843
espagnole1845
pestoa1848
cheese sauce1854
nam prik1857
Worcester sauce1863
Béarnaise sauce1868
Béarnaise1877
Yorkshire Relish1877
sauce mousseline1892
velvet sauce1893
gribiche1897
mornay sauce1900
sugo1906
sofrito1913
chile con queso1916
foo yung1917
marinara1932
pistou1951
hoisin1957
salsa verde1957
pico de gallo1958
sriracha1959
carbonara1962
amatriciana1963
arrabbiata1963
ponzu1966
puttanesca1971
chermoula1974
tikka masala1975
mojo1983
queso1989
a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 421 in Poems (1981) 124 The sweit meitis seruit in plaittis clene With saipheron sals of ane gude sessoun.
saffron-tea n. [safflower n. 2] ‘an infusion of the flowers of Carthamus tinctoria used as a diuretic in febrile disorders’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1897).
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1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Saffron-tea.
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saffron-thistle n. = safflower n. 2 ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > North American > hackberry or nettle tree
lote?1518
lote-tree1548
nettle-tree1548
lotus1551
lotus tree1601
saffron-tree1716
hagberry1737
hoop-ash1763
hackberry1779
sugar-berry1818
1716 Petiveriana i. 276 Saffron-tree, Celtis Amer. fol. Citri subtus aureo fructu rubro.
saffron-wood n. (see quot.); = saffraan n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > saffraan
saffraan1819
saffron-wood1854
1854 L. Pappe Silva Capensis 11 Saffronwood; Saffraan-hout. Branches much spreading.
1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. 801/1 The timber of Elæodendron croceum, called Saffron-wood at the Cape of Good Hope, is much used there in building and cabinet-making.
d. saffron-fruited, saffron-mantled, saffron robed, adjs.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific coloured clothing
whiteOE
blackc1300
reda1325
yellowa1350
purpureda1382
saffron-mantled1558
saffron robed1558
blue1600
scarleta1616
candidate1616
black-robed1673
swart1688
empurpled1766
blue-clad1767
black-clothed1800
sabled1804
blue-bloused1837
porporate1868
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [adjective] > of or relating to fruit-trees and parts
soura1000
saffron-fruited1558
pomonal1841
Malling1927
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful > of specific colour
saffron-fruited1558
black-berried1676
xanthocarpous1862
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. P.ivv But saffronfrutid [L. 207 croceo fetu] bows the stubbes therof doth ouerspreede.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 1 The saffron-mantled morning [Ἠὼς κροκόπεπλος].
1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. iii. 236 Saffron-robed descending Charity.
C2. Compounds of the adjective.† saffron pear n. Obsolete a variety of winter pear.
saffron butterfly n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > member of > apicibus nigricantibus
saffron butterfly?1703
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Colias > colias edusa (saffron)
saffron butterfly?1703
saffron1829
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Papilionidae > genus Papilio > papilio croceus (saffron butterfly)
saffron butterfly?1703
?1703 J. Petiver Gazophylacii II. 23 Papilio croceus, apicibus nigricantibus... The Saffron Butterfly.
saffron moth n. collectors' names for certain lepidoptera having yellow wings.
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1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 3 Colias Edusa... Clouded yellow or Saffron B.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > other types of pear
calewey1377
choke-pear1530
muscadel1555
lording1573
bon-chrétienc1575
Burgundian pear1578
king pear1585
amiot1600
bergamot1600
butter pear1600
dew-pear1600
greening1600
bottle pear1601
gourd-pear1601
critling1611
pearc1612
nutmeg1629
rosewater pear1629
amber pear1638
Christian1651
chesil1664
diego1664
frith-pear1664
primate1664
saffron pear1664
Windsor pear1664
nonsuch1674
muscat1675
burnt-cat1676
ambrette1686
sanguinole1693
satin1693
St. Germain pear1693
amadot1706
burree1719
Doyenne1731
beurré1736
colmar1736
chaumontel1755
Marie Louise1817
seckel1817
vergaloo1828
Passe Colmar1837
glou-morceau1859
London sugar1860
Kieffer pear1880
sand pear1880
sandy pear1884
nashi1892
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > late-ripening varieties
saffron pear1664
squib-pear1664
Virgoule1691
Virgouleuse1691
winter thorn1693
conference1885
Passe Crassane1954
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 76 in Sylva Lombart-pear, Russet-pear, Saffron-pear.
saffron plum n. a West Indian and mainland sapotaceous tree ( Bumelia cuneata) having a yellow fruit.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > saffron plum
ants' wood1884
saffron plum1884
1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. (10th Census IX.) 103 Bumelia cuneata... Ants' Wood. Downward Plum. Saffron Plum.
Derivatives
ˈsaffronic adj. rare = saffrony adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > reddish yellow > deep
saffron-hued1513
saffron-coloured1548
saffron1567
crocean1629
croceal1647
croceous1657
croceate1867
saffronic1949
1949 E. Sitwell Canticle of Rose 245 Then the King who is part of the saffronic dust.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
saffronv.
/ˈsafrən/, U.S. /ˈsæfrən/ rare.
1. transitive. To season with saffron. †Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > season [verb (transitive)] > flavour in other ways
saffronc1386
milk?a1565
hop1572
juniperate1605
beginger1611
macea1634
caryophyllate1651
fruit1736
onion1755
mustard1851
clove1883
lemon1883
herb1922
sherry1970
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 17 And in Latyn I speke a wordes fewe, To saffron [MS. Bodl. 686 saferon] with my predicacion.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 32 Safroun it wel.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 49 Safroun þin cofynn a-boue.
2. transitive. To dye with saffron; also, to give a saffron-yellow colour to.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > making yellow > make yellow [verb (transitive)] > with dye or pigment
ochre1553
saffron1593
besaffron1611
1593 M. Drayton Idea ii. sig. B3v The lothlie morpheu saffroned the place.
1622 T. Stoughton Christians Sacrifice xii. 166 In Ireland..they saffron all their wearing linnen.
1833 Blackwood's Mag. 34 540 She saffrons the hills, and azures the mountains, to delight him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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