carthamus tinctorius

What does carthamus tinctorius mean?

carthamus tinctorius means "thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil".

What is another word for carthamus tinctorius?

Close synonyms include safflower, false saffron. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carthamus tinctorius a common word?

carthamus tinctorius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for carthamus tinctorius come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.