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safflow

safflow is the obsolete form of safflower.

Meaning of safflower

Noun

safflower (countable and uncountable, plural safflowers)

  1. A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
    • Safflower is unusual: if you add alkalis to the dye broth it is yellow; with acids it goes a beautiful crimson pink which is the colour of the original ‘red’ tape once tied around legal documents in England […].2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, page 195
    Synonyms:
    bastard saffron

Questions about safflow

What is safflow the obsolete form of?
Safflow is the obsolete form of safflower.

Words near safflow in the dictionary

  1. safflomins
  2. safflor
  3. safflorite
  4. safflorites
  5. safflors
  6. safflow
  7. safflower
  8. safflowers
  9. Saffold
  10. Saffolds
  11. Safford

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