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SAFFRON
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Definitions of saffron in various dictionaries:
noun - Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
noun - dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
noun - a shade of yellow tinged with orange
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| Risotto alla milanese gets its vivid golden color flavor from this expensive spice |
| Paella gets that special yellow tinge from this spice |
| Centuries ago this spice was used to dye cloth a deep yellow today, it gives a yellow hue to Risotto Milanese |
| Robes of this "spicy" orange-yellow color let you know a boy is a Buddhist disciple |
| No wonder it's the most expensive--it takes about 70,000 crocuses to produce just one pound of this spice |
| It takes some 4,000 purple autumn crocuses to get 1 ounce of this yellow dye |
| Crocus is the Latin word for this expensive spice produced by a type of crocus |
| Noted for its sweet aroma with a name originally from Arabic, this exotic spice can cost thousands of dollars per pound |
| Risotto Alla Milanese gets its golden color from this expensive spice |
| Though the formula is a secret, it's said yellow chartreuse gets its color from this yellow "rice" spice |
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Saffron (pronounced or ) is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigmas and styles, called threads, are collected and dried to be used mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food. Saffron, long among the world's most costly spices by weight, was probably first cultivated in or near Greece. C. sativus is probably a form of C. cartwrightianus, that emerged by human cultivators selectively breeding plants for unusually long stigmas in late Bronze Age Crete. It slowly propagated throughout much of Eurasia and was later brought to parts of North Africa, North America, and Oceania. * Saffron's taste and iodoform or hay-like fragrance result from the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal. It also contains a carotenoid pigment, crocin, which imparts a rich golden-yellow hue to dishes and textiles. Its recorded history is attested in a 7th-century BC Assyrian botanical treatise compiled under Ashurbanipal, and it has be |
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| allspice (down) |
| CARDAMOM |
| cardamom (across) |
| CAYENNE |
| CHILI |
| CINNAMON |
| cinnamon (across) |
| CLOVE |
| clove (down) |
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