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# saffron

«saffron» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a spice made from the dried red-orange threads (stigmas)…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (saffron — uncountable); adjective (saffron, saffron-yellow)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Saffron is a spice made from the dried red-orange threads (stigmas) of a crocus flower; it gives food a golden colour and a special taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#m1)

2) Saffron is also a deep orange-yellow colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Song of Songs it is one of the rare spices of the beloved's "garden." Interpretation: Tradition reads the garden of the Song as Israel, with each spice as a good quality of the people. In the primary lessons: In food and geography lessons, saffron is famous as the most expensive spice in the world by weight, because each flower gives only three tiny threads that are picked by hand; it is used in paella, risotto, Indian and Persian rice dishes and Cornish saffron buns. In religion lessons, saffron robes are worn by many Buddhist monks.

### examples

- Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x1)
- A pinch of saffron turned the rice golden yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x2)
- Saffron comes from the crocus flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x3)
- It takes about 150 flowers to make one gram of saffron. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x4)
- Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x5)
- The Buddhist monks wore saffron robes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x6)
- Gran baked saffron buns from Cornwall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x7)
- Spanish paella often has saffron in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x8)
- She puts it on, ties a saffron-colored kerchief round her neck, and then the gown looks whiter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: "some saffron", "a pinch of saffron". Saffron is not the same as turmeric, a cheaper yellow spice. Spelling: double f.

### In the corpora

- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saffron» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/saffron/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.