meadow saffron

1. 1.

   bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe

   Synonymsautumn crocusnaked ladyColchicum autumnale

   Broaderbulbous plant

   Part ofColchicum

Questions about meadow saffron

What does meadow saffron mean?

meadow saffron means "bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe".

What is another word for meadow saffron?

Close synonyms include autumn crocus, naked lady, Colchicum autumnale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meadow saffron a common word?

meadow saffron is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.