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saffron

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

saffron Colouring and flavouring obtained from Crocus sativus and the dried stigmas that produce them. See CROCUS.

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