saffron
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
Types & categories
- crocus hypernym
Parts & wholes
- saffron part meronym
Sense 2 noun
dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
Types & categories
- seasoning hypernym
Parts & wholes
- saffron part holonym
Sense 3 noun
a shade of yellow tinged with orange
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | saffron |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | crocus |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | saffron |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | seasoning |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | yellow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ocher |