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saffranon|ˈsæfrənən|
Also 8 saffranoune.
[App. a var. of F. safranum with the same meaning, a. med.L. safranum saffron.]
= safflower 1.
1731Gentl. Mag. I. 451 As the Jacob,..bound from Alexandria with Hides, Coffee, Saffranon, &c. to Leghorn lay off Monte Christo, the Saffranon smothering in the Hold, on opening the Hatches the Flames burst out. 1743R. Pococke Egypt i. iv. 39 An export of coffee, senna, saffranounes for dying, flax [etc.]. 1834McCulloch Dict. Comm. (ed. 2) 1001 The flowers..are sometimes sold under the name of saffranon. |