Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food.

synoniemen: Crocus sativus, saffron crocus.

Roget 393: condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer.    [Condiments] salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante [Fr.]; caviare, onion, garlic, pickle; achar^†, allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper; chutney; cubeb^†, pimento.    [capsicum peppers] capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne.    nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel.    [herbs] pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram.    [fragrant woods and gums] frankincense, balm, myrrh.    [from pods] paprika.    [from flower stigmas] saffron.    [from roots] ginger, turmeric.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 436: yellow etc. adj.; or.    [Pigments] gamboge; cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow; orpiment^†, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin^†; xanthein [Chem], xanthin^†; zaofulvin^†.    crocus, saffron, topaz; xanthite^†; yolk.    jaundice; London fog^†; yellowness etc. adj.; icterus^†; xantho-cyanopia^†, xanthopsia [Med.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: saffraan
Pools: szafran siewny, krokus uprawny, szafran uprawny

Dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus.

Nederlands: saffraan
Pools: szafran

A shade of yellow tinged with orange.

synoniem: orange yellow.