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saffron

[saf-ruhn] / ˈsæf rən /


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Another shopper had suggested replacing saffron with a canned drink.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

It contrasted the clip with one of a young female athlete in a saffron tunic—a color associated with Hinduism—receiving an award from the country’s president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

We hovered over saffron tea surrounded by other young Southern Californians, and we looked like friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Leading the procession has been Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Vietnamese monk whose saffron sash is adorned with sheriff badges from the many counties that have hosted them and secured the roads.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

I didn’t say anything for a while, because she was melting a little butter in the microwave in a mug, adding saffron, and then pouring it over the steaming rice.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Costumes are colored tights in purples, greens, saffrons, with unobtrusive matching jackets.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018

Higher the waves rolled—phosphorescent green and iridescent violet, weird copperous yellows and metallic saffrons and a shimmer of glittering ash of rose—then wavered, split and formed into gigantic, sparkling, marching curtains of splendor.

From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt

How quickly the subtle browns and saffrons and vermilions fade!

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld

On that evening, I remember, the reds and saffrons in the sky were of an astonishing richness.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd

It thrives in a sandy loam or leaf soil, in a sunny part, and increases itself at the roots like the saffrons.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood


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