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

I took a bleeding from him, little short of sixteen ounces, from the temporial," said Billy, proudly, "and I'll give him now a concoction of meadow saffron with a pinch of saltpetre in it, to cause diaphoresis, d'ye mind?

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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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My best days are past Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron.

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Meadow Saffron My fast days are fast.

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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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