azafrán

Definitions of azafrán
  1. noun
    a shade of yellow tinged with orange
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    types:
    ocre
    a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
    type of:
    amarillento, amarillo
    yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
  2. noun
    dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
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    type of:
    condimento
    something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
  3. noun
    any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
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    type of:
    iridácea, panta iridácea
    any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
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