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# saffron

«saffron» in Mova's school 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/school/S/saffron/#m1)

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

### sense in the 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

- A pinch of saffron turned the rice golden yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x1)
- Saffron comes from the crocus flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x2)
- It takes about 150 flowers to make one gram of saffron. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x3)
- Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x4)
- The Buddhist monks wore saffron robes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x5)
- Gran baked saffron buns from Cornwall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x6)
- Spanish paella often has saffron in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saffron/#x7)
- 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/school/S/saffron/#x8)

### 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/school/S/saffron/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.