saffron

Summary

saffron ranks in the top 0.33% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,097 views/month, #256 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• saffron is a type of spice^[2].
• saffron is a type of colourant^[3].
• saffron is a type of food coloring^[4].
• saffron is a type of edible flower^[5].
• saffron's Commons category is recorded as Saffron^[6].
• saffron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Saffron^[7].
• saffron's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[8].
• saffron's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• saffron's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• saffron's natural product of taxon is recorded as Crocus sativus^[11].
• saffron's different from is recorded as Saffron^[12].
• saffron's history of topic is recorded as history of saffron^[13].
• saffron's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include spice^[2], colourant^[3], food coloring^[4], and edible flower^[5].

Influence

Things named for saffron include saffron^[15], a color^[16].

Why It Matters

saffron ranks in the top 0.33% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,097 views/month, #256 of 77,819).^[1] saffron has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] saffron is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for saffron include saffron^[15], a color^[16].