meadow saffron

noun

1. autumn crocus.

meadow saffron

noun

1. another name for autumn crocus

Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow saffron¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

There were not many flowers, only wild asters on the hillside, and meadow saffron in the valleys, and under the beeches, ferns and ivy.

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To Ursula, it was as if the world had opened its softest purest flower, its chicory flower, its meadow saffron.

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Until the purple ling and loosestrife, gave place to mint and maiden pink and late meadow-sweet; and then the hop vine and meadow saffron proclaimed that summer was over.

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Ordinarily, I take shorter holidays; but the flowering of the meadow saffron always warns me that it is time to begin grubbing again.

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