Saffron

1. v. t. To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
2. n. A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
3. n. 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.
4. n. An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
5. a. Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.