saffron
part of speech
noun (saffron — uncountable); adjective (saffron, saffron-yellow)
meaning for a pupil
1) Saffron is a spice made from the dried red-orange threads (stigmas) of a crocus flower; it gives food a golden colour and a special taste. tree →
2) Saffron is also a deep orange-yellow colour. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Song of Songs it is one of the rare spices of the beloved's "garden." Interpretation: Tradition reads the garden of the Song as Israel, with each spice as a good quality of the people. In the primary lessons: In food and geography lessons, saffron is famous as the most expensive spice in the world by weight, because each flower gives only three tiny threads that are picked by hand; it is used in paella, risotto, Indian and Persian rice dishes and Cornish saffron buns. In religion lessons, saffron robes are worn by many Buddhist monks.
examples
- Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- A pinch of saffron turned the rice golden yellow. tree →
- Saffron comes from the crocus flower. tree →
- It takes about 150 flowers to make one gram of saffron. tree →
- Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. tree →
- The Buddhist monks wore saffron robes. tree →
- Gran baked saffron buns from Cornwall. tree →
- Spanish paella often has saffron in it. tree →
- She puts it on, ties a saffron-colored kerchief round her neck, and then the gown looks whiter. tree →
note
Uncountable: "some saffron", "a pinch of saffron". Saffron is not the same as turmeric, a cheaper yellow spice. Spelling: double f.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «saffron» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.