saffron vs snow

saffron

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. 

adj
  • Having an orange-yellow colour. 

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. 

snow

noun
  • A shade of the color white. 

  • The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation. 

  • The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received. 

  • marine snow 

  • A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted. 

  • A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water. 

  • Cocaine. 

  • Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid. 

verb
  • To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information. 

  • To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards. 

  • To have snow fall from the sky. 

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