You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZAfrican saffron
noun
1
: a product formed by adulterating the true saffron with the flowers of other plants (as Carthamus tinctorius and Calendula officinalis)
2
a
: a shrub (Lyperia crocea) of southern Africa
b
: an orange dye obtained from the flowers of this shrub
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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