safflower

Questions about safflower

What does safflower mean?

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

How many syllables are in safflower?

safflower has 3 syllables: saf-flo-wer. The stress falls on "saf". In IPA it is /ˈsæˌflaʊɚ/.

What is another word for safflower?

Close synonyms include false saffron, 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 safflower a common word?

safflower 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.

What rhymes with safflower?

10 words rhyme with safflower. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.