(n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
(n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
Example Sentences:
(1) The likes of almond, blackberry and crocus first made way for analogue, block graph and celebrity in the Oxford Junior Dictionary in 2007, with protests at the time around the loss of a host of religious words such as bishop, saint and sin.
(2) The hay was heavily contaminated by autumn crocus (colchicum autumnale)--about 1.48% of total mass.
(3) When the imaging circumstances are such that a high signal level is available, CROCUS imaging can be an effective means of reducing imaging time.
(4) Antitumor activity of saffron (Crocus sativus) extract a commonly used spice in India was studied against intraperitoneally transplanted sarcoma-180 (S-180), Ehrlich ascites Carcinoma (EAC) and Dalton's lymphoma ascites (DLA) tumours in mice.
(5) There are carnations, tulips and a tub of spring crocuses.
(6) It’s a far cry from the streets of San Diego, but for Artur, the early morning trip to Moscow’s Crocus Centre is a pilgrimage like no other.
(7) Bulbs of Crocus sativus variety Cartwrightianus were found to contain both a platelet aggregation inducer and inhibitor.
(8) A concentrated extract of saffron was prepared from the flowers of Crocus sativis.
(9) A circular hike around these seemingly barren peaks reveals unexpected treasures: twisted oak trees, carpets of red and blue anemones in the spring, crocuses and cyclamen, even field mushrooms in the autumn, an ancient temple dedicated to Demeter and an abandoned monastery with beautiful Byzantine frescoes.
(10) Trump did collect a a share of the $14m paid by investors including Aras Agalarov, a Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire property developer and close Putin associate, for bringing Miss Universe to Agalarov’s 7,500-seat Crocus City Hall.
(11) The conjugate reconstruction by off-center under-sampling (CROCUS) method samples only every other phase-encoded line in raw data space and uses the conjugate symmetry of the data to reconstruct a real image.
(12) In September we walked through a carpet of purple crocuses and exuberant thistles.
(13) Extract of saffron (Crocus sativis) has previously been shown to inhibit colony formation and cellular DNA and RNA synthesis by HeLa cells in vitro.
(14) The CROCUS method incorporates a correction technique, similar to that used in other half-Fourier methods, which uses low-resolution phase-shift information obtained from a few extra lines of phase-encoded data.
Saffron
Definition:
(n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
(n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
(n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
(a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
(v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
Example Sentences:
(1) He became an instructor in radar at RAF Debden, near Saffron Walden, Essex, and attained the rank of flying officer.
(2) "As I flew over in the helicopter, it was as if a sea of saffron was beneath me," Modi tells the crowd.
(3) Though he loved acting the host, as he loved all forms of acting, and though his adventurousness with saffron, butter and Calvados was undimmed, Carrier had to sell Hintlesham Hall in 1982.
(4) Is it Iranian tea served with saffron lollipops, brewed with cardamom , or served with kolucheh ?
(5) Midsagittal sections and parahilar sections were stained with hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron for microscopic examination of smooth muscle.
(6) After being turned down by one building society they ended up at Saffron.
(7) The porco bafassá (pork shank marinated for 12 hours in wine, saffron and coconut milk, £6.50) is a house favourite, as is the caldo de pé de galinha com amendoim (chicken foot and peanut soup, £2).
(8) 2 Add the mussels, coconut milk, kale, white wine, saffron water and tamarind.
(9) The crowds gather at 10am – a sea of saffron flags held by millions of marchers dressed in white cotton, the colour of mourning.
(10) Antitumor activity of saffron (Crocus sativus) extract a commonly used spice in India was studied against intraperitoneally transplanted sarcoma-180 (S-180), Ehrlich ascites Carcinoma (EAC) and Dalton's lymphoma ascites (DLA) tumours in mice.
(11) The saffron-robed 45-year-old regularly shares his hate-filled rants through DVD and social media, in which he warns against Muslims who "target innocent young Burmese girls and rape them", and "indulge in cronyism".
(12) And while the saffron cod, which likes warmer seas, would survive this temperature change, seals would have to eat saffron cod at 2.7 times the rate they eat the Arctic cod to get the same amount of fat for the winter – a tough challenge, to say the least.
(13) Saffron, the brand consultants who prepared the report, put the question like this: "How well do cities use their assets – climate, GDP, attractions, safety, infrastructure – to generate buzz?"
(14) The report’s author and director of policy at the health thinktank, Candace Imison, said: “Our research shows that reshaping the NHS workforce can offer huge opportunities … But we stress in our report that this is not simply a ‘nice to do’ – it is urgent and essential if the health service is to find a sustainable balance between available funding, patient needs and staff needs, and delivering services fit for the 21st century.” Saffron Cordery, director of policy and strategy for NHS Providers, welcomed the idea of retraining existing staff.
(15) In the middle of the fracas, unperturbed, a self-proclaimed holy man in a bright saffron woolly hat waved a legal petition.
(16) Every evening, outside the Vrindavan headquarters of the RSS, around 30 boys sing, pray and drill in front of a saffron flag.
(17) In November 2010, three years after a new wave of bloodily repressed protests dubbed the saffron revolution and to the surprise of virtually all observers, Aung San Suu Kyi was released .
(18) Dressed in his customary wine and saffron coloured robes, the Dalai Lama will – if he sticks to form – start by telling the audience: “I am a human being, just one among the 7 billion alive today.” His message of compassion, humanity, love, harmony, forgiveness, tolerance and peace – delivered amid beaming smiles – is guaranteed a rapturous reception.
(19) Simply loading up providers with savings targets and exhorting them to try harder won’t work,” said Saffron Cordery, the head of policy at NHS Providers, which represents hospitals.
(20) A time when you couldn't bulk-buy cheap meat, produce crap food with it, and sell it every few yards along every high street, and outside every school, until loads of us are waddling about, obese and poorly, or malnourished, while others are swanning into Heston Blumenthal restaurants to eat "meat fruit" (c 1500) which is mandarin, chicken liver & foie gras parfait or "rice & flesh" (c 1390) which is made with saffron, calf tail & red wine.