The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.

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.

An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.

To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc.

To give a saffron color to something by dyeing it with a saffron-based dye or by coloring a metal or wooden surface with a gilding product containing saffron.

(figurative) To embellish.

Having an orange-yellow colour.