Saffron: alternatives and connections

rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes…

bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers

A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophy…

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…

Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated f…

Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.

A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…

A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.

A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…

A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called als…

A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for th…

A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar fl…