brown vs saffron

brown

adj
  • Having a brown colour. 

  • Southeast Asian 

  • Latino 

  • South Asian 

noun
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae). 

  • A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at. 

  • One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. 

  • A brown trout (Salmo trutta). 

  • A brown horse or other animal. 

  • Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis. 

  • A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. 

  • Black tar heroin. 

  • A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance. 

verb
  • To make brown or dusky. 

  • To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region. 

  • To cook something until it becomes brown. 

  • To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface. 

  • To tan. 

  • To become brown. 

saffron

adj
  • Having an orange-yellow colour. 

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

  • 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. 

  • The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus. 

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

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

  • To give a saffron colour to (something). 

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

  • To embellish. 

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