Saffron
From:
Concise Bible Dictionary: S
By:
George A. Morrish
Crocus Sativus
A common odoriferous plant. The Hebrew
karkom
agrees with the Arabic
karkum
and points to the
Crocus sativus
, or saffron crocus (Song of Sol. 14). In the East it is pressed into small cakes and sold in the bazaars.
Crocus Sativus