false saffron

What does false saffron mean?

false saffron 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 false saffron?

Close synonyms include safflower, Carthamus tinctorius. 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 false saffron a common word?

false saffron 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 false saffron come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.