saffron
noun
a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
saffrons
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pluralof saffron.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The effect was exquisite, the window a veritable masterpiece, glowing, flaming, and burning with a hundred tints and colours—opalescent, purple, wine-red, clouded pinks, royal blues, saffrons, violets so dark as to be almost black.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
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
How quickly the subtle browns and saffrons and vermilions fade!
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
