fallow vs saffron

fallow

adj
  • Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun. 

  • Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season. 

  • Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time. 

  • Inactive; undeveloped. 

noun
  • Uncultivated land. 

  • The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season. 

  • Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. 

verb
  • To make land fallow for agricultural purposes. 

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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