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
How quickly the subtle browns and saffrons and vermilions fade!
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
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
It thrives in a sandy loam or leaf soil, in a sunny part, and increases itself at the roots like the saffrons.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
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
