The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.
A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc.
saffroned water, saffroned rice.
To give a saffron colour to (something).
To embellish.
Having an orange-yellow colour.
The saffron robe of a Buddhist monk.