safflower
/ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/
safflower noun: a cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
Noun
safflower (countable and uncountable, plural safflowers)
- 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
safflower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
safflower in Hindi
- plant
- कुसुम kusum
safflower in Tamil
- plant
- செந்துருக்கம் centurukkam
safflower in Marathi
- plant
- करडई karḍaī, करडी karḍī
More languagesFewer languages
- safflower in Bengali
- কুসুম kuśum
- safflower in Telugu
- కుసుమ kusuma
- safflower in Malayalam
- ചെണ്ടൂരകം ceṇṭūrakaṁ
- safflower in Kannada
- ಕುಸುಬಿ kusubi
- safflower in Punjabi
- ਕਸੁੰਭ kasumbh
- safflower in Gujarati
- કસુંબો kasumbo
- safflower in Odia
- କୁସୁମ kusuma
- safflower in Sanskrit
- कुसुम्भ kusumbha
- safflower in Assamese
- কুহুম kuhum
- safflower in Nepali
- कुसुम kusum
- safflower in Tagalog
- kasubha, biri
- safflower in Arabic
- مُرِّيق murrīq, مُرَّيْق murrayq, مِرِّيق mirrīq, عُصْفُر ʕuṣfur
- safflower in Malay
- kesumba
- safflower in Indonesian
- kesumba
- safflower in Persian
- کاجیره kâjire, کافیشه kâfiše
- safflower in Thai
- คำฝอย
- safflower in Vietnamese
- hồng hoa, rum
Synonyms of safflower
Forms of safflower
| plural | safflowers |
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Origin of safflower
From Middle French safleur; originally from Arabic أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”) but influenced by safran (“saffron”) and fleur (“flower”).
Questions about safflower
- What does safflower mean?
- Safflower means a cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
- What is safflower in Hindi?
- Safflower in Hindi is कुसुम (kusum). See Safflower meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is safflower?
- Safflower is a noun.
- How do you pronounce safflower?
- Safflower is pronounced /ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of safflower?
- The plural of safflower is safflowers.
Words near safflower in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: safflower (page history and authors); safflower (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কুহুম (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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