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safranum

safranum [Ar. za‘farān], spice or seasoning consisting of the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus, saffron. b (as name of kind of crocus, presumably Crocus sativus). c (understood as) ochre. 1217 saffranum et species ad coquinam nostram Cl I 335a; 1218 viginti libras piperis, unam libram saffron’ Cl I 358a; cuminum et zafranum nocent embrioni et suam tingunt pellem in palidum colorem M. Scot Phys. 12; 1281 de qualibet centena gariofili, nucis musc’, mac’, cubeb’, saffron’ et serici Pat 100 m. 3; 1303 de J. B. de Paris pro lij libratis x soldatis seffrane, xiij s. j d. ob. EEC 269; de Martino de Barceles pro xxx libratis gingebratti, zucare, seffranne, et aliarum specierum, vij s. vj d. Ib. 271.  b salefar est crocus hortulanus LC 262; zafran est crocus hortulanus LC 271; zauhiron est crocus orientalis LC 272.  c zafran est ochra vel ocrea LC 271.

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