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• n  Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
• n  dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
• n  a shade of yellow tinged with orange

• How will the thuggish regime of this piously Buddhist country deal with demonstrations by saffron-robed clerics?.
• Sabet responds that Muslim men too have a dress code: the Koran forbids them to wear saffron or silk or expose skin from navel to knee.
• All that saffron in the soup--that's where he's showing weakness, I decided.

• saffron crocus
• Crocus sativus
• orange yellow

News & Articles

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• First food products featuring novel saffron-based satiety ingredient set for Q3 launch
  The first food and beverage products to feature Satiereal – a novel weight management ingredient from the flowers of saffron stigma,Crocus sativus L– could hit the US market in the third quarter of this year.
  June 19, 2013 - Food Navigator USA
• Homeless programs take center stage in Richmond, where need is great
  On Monday, homeless advocacy organization Saffron Strand held its annual "Develop the Homeless Workforce" conference in Richmond's memorial auditorium. Thanks to new initiatives and both financial and rhetorical support by city leaders, Richmond is emerging as a leader in homeless services.
  June 18, 2013 - Contra Costa Times