carthamus tinctorius

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   thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil

   Synonymssafflowerfalse saffron

   Broaderherb

   Part ofCarthamus

   Partssafflower seed

Questions about 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.