Definitions
1.nounThe plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.
2.nounA 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.
3.nounAn orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
4.verbTo add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc."saffroned water, saffroned rice."
5.verbTo give a saffron colour to (something).
6.verbTo embellish.
7.adjectiveHaving an orange-yellow colour."The saffron robe of a Buddhist monk."