What is the difference between orange and saffron?
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An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus'' such as ''Citrus sinensis .
The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
Orange juice, or orange coloured and flavoured cordial.
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
To color orange.
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The plant Crocus sativus , a crocus.
* 2009', D. H. Sanaeinejad, S. N. Hosseini, ''Regression Models for '''Saffron Yields in Iran'', Daoliang Li, Chunjiang Zhao (editors), ''Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II , Volume 1,
A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
* c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London:
* 1658', , ''The Theatre of Insects'', [1634, ''Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum''], quoted in '''2008 , Anna Suranyi, ''The Genius of the English Nation: Travel Writing and National Identity in Early Modern England ,
* 2002 , James A. Duke (editor), CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices ,
* 2004 , Melitta Weiss Adamson, Food in Medieval Times ,
* 2011 , Mathew Attokaran, Natural Food Flavors and Colorants ,
An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
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* 2011 , Seth Hunter, The Winds of Folly ,
Having an orange-yellow colour.
As nouns the difference between orange and saffron
is that orange is an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis while saffron is the plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.As adjectives the difference between orange and saffron
is that orange is having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow while saffron is having an orange-yellow colour.As verbs the difference between orange and saffron
is that orange is to color orange while saffron is to add saffron to, for taste, colour etc.As proper nouns the difference between orange and saffron
is that orange is the longest river in South Africa while Saffron is {{given name|female|from=English}}; a rare flower name from the saffron.orange
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(wikipedia orange)Usage notes
* It is commonly believed that “orange” has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with “orange” (“door-hinge” comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname Gorringe is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. SeeNoun
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* (having orange as its colour) nonorangeVerb
(orang)See also
* citrus * clementine * Cointreau * * mandarin * marmalade * murcott * naartjie * ortanique * pomander * satsuma * satsuma mandarin * satsuma tangerine * secondary colour * tangerine * triple sec * zest *Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----saffron
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(wikipedia saffron)Noun
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- Usually the maximum temperature for October, November and December in the southern parts of Khorassan–the main saffron growing area of the Iran-does not exceed 20°C, while the minimum temperature reaches 0°C.
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page 117-118,
- The Irish and Ireland people (who are frequently troubled with lice, and such as will fly, as they say, in summer) anoint their shirts with saffron', and to very good purpose, to drive away the lice, but after six months they wash their shirts again, putting fresh ' saffron into the lye.
page 129,
- Saffron is not included in American and British pharmacopoeias, but some Indian medical formulae still include it.
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- Saffron' is the stigma of the crocus flower, which is harvested by hand, dried, and sold either in strands or ground to powder.Of all the medieval spices, '''saffron''' was the most expensive, which is not surprising given that 70,000 flowers only yield one pound of dried stigmas. In the European cookbooks of the late Middle Ages, nearly all of which which reflect refined upper-class dining, ' saffron is ubiquitous.
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- Saffron is often called the “golden spice.”
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- These colours might have been expressly designed—by dissonance as much as harmony—for juxtaposition against those pouring down in brilliant rays of light from the Tiepolo; subtle yet penetrating pinks and greys, light blue turning almost to lavender, rich saffrons and cinnamons melting into bronze and gold.
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- The classical shades of Antiquity were the most prevalent, but along with the Venetian reds and Egyptian blues, the saffrons and ochres and indigos, were more delicate hues: of pink and cream and lilac, like shells littered upon the shore.