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safflowers

safflowers is the plural 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 safflowers

What is safflowers the plural of?
Safflowers is the plural of safflower.

Words near safflowers in the dictionary

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

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