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Saffron
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SAF'FRON, n. The radical sense is to fail, or to be hollow, or to be exhausted.
1. A plant of the genus Crocus. The bastard saffron is of the genus Carthamus, and the meadow saffron of the genus Colchicum.
2. In the materia medica, saffron is formed of the stigmata of the Crocus officinalis, dried on a kiln and pressed into cakes.
SAF'FRON, a. Having the color of saffron flowers yellow as a saffron face a saffron streamer.
SAF'FRON, To tinge with saffron to make yellow to gild.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Saffron'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/saffron.html.
Entry for 'Saffron'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/saffron.html.
