Definition of “saffron”

"The tears were running down her face, streaking the saffron eyeshadow she had so cheerfully applied before she left home.

Add the ginger and saffron , cover with the lamb stock or water and bring to the boil.

Along with the dips, Quintner also cooks up lamb and prune tagines, chicken tagines and saffron couscous.

Glorious colours, saffron , peach, golden yellow, sunset red, every possible interpretation of orange... Sun people.

Hold a mirror and look, you are intolerably saffron , as bad as the rest in the horrible Parivar.

Only at the last minute do you add the seasoning and the saffron , as this would lose its pungency if added earlier.

Saffron that contains pale yellow threads is actually saffron stigmas with the style attached.

The coconut he used in the ceremony was meant to represent me and he stained it with saffron.

The trouble with most dishes that use saffron is that it's just there for colouring; they never put in enough for taste.