Orange vs. Saffron

Any of several evergreen trees of the genus Citrus of Southeast Asia, widely cultivated in warm regions and having fragrant white flowers and round fruit with a yellowish or reddish rind and a sectioned, pulpy interior, especially the sweet orange and the bitter orange.

A corm-producing plant (Crocus sativus) native to the eastern Mediterranean region, having purple or white flowers with orange stigmas.

The fruit of any of these trees, having a sweetish, acidic juice.

The dried aromatic stigmas of this plant, used to color foods and as a cooking spice and dyestuff.

Any of several similar plants, such as the Osage orange and the mock orange.

A moderate or strong orange yellow to moderate orange.

The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.

The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.

Of the color orange.

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.

Made from oranges.

An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.

Tasting or smelling like oranges.

Having an orange-yellow colour.

(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis.

To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc.

(countable) The fruit of the orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.

To give a saffron colour to (something).

The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.

To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye.

Various drinks:

To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron.

(uncountable) Orange juice.

(figuratively) To embellish.

(uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.

A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

(uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.

The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.

Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.

(transitive) To color orange.

Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

(intransitive) To become orange.

To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.

The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.

Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.

Dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus

The color of an orange; reddish yellow.

A shade of yellow tinged with orange

Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

Any of a range of colors between red and yellow

Any citrus tree bearing oranges

Any pigment producing the orange color

A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

Similar to the color of a ripe orange