Saffron

saf′run, n. a bulbous plant of the crocus kind with deep-yellow flowers: a colouring substance prepared from its flowers.— adj. having the colour of saffron: deep yellow.— adj. Saff′rony .— n. Saf′ranine , a coal-tar producing yellowish colour used in dyeing. [O. Fr. safran (It. zaffer a no )—Ar. za‛farān — safrā , yellow.]