chocolate vs saffron

chocolate

adj
  • Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color. 

  • Made of or containing chocolate. 

  • Black (relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin). 

verb
  • To add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate. 

  • To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium. 

noun
  • A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. 

  • A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water. 

  • A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate. 

  • A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown). 

  • A black person; (uncountable) blackness. 

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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