saffron 音标拼音: [s'æfrən]
n . 番红花,此花的花茎,番红花色
a . 番红花色的
番红花,此花的花茎,番红花色番红花色的
saffron n 1 :
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food [
synonym : {
saffron }, {
saffron crocus }, {
Crocus sativus }]
2 :
dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus 3 :
a shade of yellow tinged with orange [
synonym : {
orange yellow },
{
saffron }]
Saffron \
Saf "
fron \ (?;
277 ),
n . [
OE .
saffran ,
F .
safran ;
cf .
It .
zafferano ,
Sp .
azafran ,
Pg .
a [,
c ]
afr [~
a ]
o ;
all fr .
Ar . &
Per .
za '
far [=
a ]
n .]
1 . (
Bot .)
A bulbous iridaceous plant ({
Crocus sativus })
having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas .
See {
Crocus }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The aromatic ,
pungent ,
dried stigmas ,
usually with part of the stile ,
of the {
Crocus sativus }.
Saffron is used in cookery ,
and in coloring confectionery ,
liquors ,
varnishes ,
etc .,
and was formerly much used in medicine .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
An orange or deep yellow color ,
like that of the stigmas of the {
Crocus sativus }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Bastard saffron }, {
Dyer '
s saffron }. (
Bot .)
See {
Safflower }.
{
Meadow saffron } (
Bot .),
a bulbous plant ({
Colchichum autumnale })
of Europe ,
resembling saffron .
{
Saffron wood } (
Bot .),
the yellowish wood of a South African tree ({
Elaeodendron croceum });
also ,
the tree itself .
{
Saffron yellow },
a shade of yellow like that obtained from the stigmas of the true saffron ({
Crocus sativus }).
[
1913 Webster ]
Saffron \
Saf "
fron \ (?;
277 ),
a .
Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers ;
deep orange -
yellow ;
as ,
a saffron face ;
a saffron streamer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Saffron \
Saf "
fron \,
v .
t .
To give color and flavor to ,
as by means of saffron ;
to spice . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
And in Latyn I speak a wordes few ,
To saffron with my predication . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Saffron Heb .
karkom ,
Arab .
zafran (
i .
e ., "
yellow "),
mentioned only in Cant .
4 :
13 ,
14 ;
the Crocus sativus .
Many species of the crocus are found in Palestine .
The pistils and stigmata ,
from the centre of its flowers ,
are pressed into "
saffron cakes ,"
common in the East . "
We found ,"
says Tristram , "
saffron a very useful condiment in travelling cookery ,
a very small pinch of it giving not only a rich yellow colour but an agreable flavour to a dish of rice or to an insipid stew ."
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