noun an orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the crocus sativus.
2. saffron ·vt to give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
3. saffron ·adj having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
4. saffron ·noun a bulbous iridaceous plant (crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. ·see crocus.
5. saffron ·noun 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.