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Definition of Saffrony
1. a. Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.
Definition of Saffrony
1. Adjective. yellowish; of the color saffron ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saffrony
1. coloured like saffron orange-yellow [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saffrony
Literary usage of Saffrony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... border 't run all 'round her garden; the pea-green leaves an' yeller an'
saffrony blooms looked for all the world like biled ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1887)
"P. Caffer has the wings broader, more obtuse on tip, less spotted ; front wings
saffrony, with smaller ashy gray spots ; there are much less numerous little ..."
3. Turkish Life and Character by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"... and stuffing proffered packets of saffrony tobacco through the wooden bars,
as a young lady feeds her canary-bird with eleemosynary lumps of sugar; ..."
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