safflower

English

Etymology

From Middle French safleur; originally from Arabic أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”) but influenced by safran (“saffron”) and fleur (“flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

safflower (plural safflowers)

1. A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, page 195:

     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 […] .

Synonyms

• bastard saffron

Translations

plant

• Amharic: ሱፍ (suf)
• Arabic: مُرِّيق (murrīq), مُرَّيْق (murrayq), مِرِّيق (mirrīq), عُصْفُر (ʕuṣfur)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܚܪܝܥܐ, ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā)

• Armenian: կանճրակ (hy) (kančrak)

  Middle Armenian: ասփուր (aspʻur)

• Bengali: কুসুম (bn) (kuśum)
• Bulgarian: шафранка f (šafranka)
• Catalan: safranó m
• Chechen: даьтта доккху баӏ (dätta doqqu baˀ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紅花／红花 (hung⁴ faa¹)

  Mandarin: 紅花／红花 (zh) (hónghuā)

• Czech: světlice f
• Dutch: saffloer (nl)
• Finnish: saflori (fi), värisaflori (fi)
• French: carthame des teinturiers (fr) m
• Galician: cártamo (gl) m
• German: Färberdistel f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κνῆκος f (knêkos)

• Gujarati: કસુંબો (kasumbo)
• Hindi: कुसुम (hi) (kusum)
• Indonesian: kesumba (id)
• Italian: cartamo m, zafferanone m
• Japanese: 紅花 (ja) (べにはな, benihana)
• Javanese: ꦏꦼꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ (kesumba)
• Kannada: ಕುಸುಬಿ (kn) (kusubi)
• Kapampangan: kasuba
• Korean: 잇꽃 (itkkot)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کاخڵی (kaxllî)

• Latin: cnecos m
• Malay: kesumba (ms)
• Malayalam: ചെണ്ടൂരകം (ceṇṭūrakaṁ)
• Marathi: करडई (karḍaī)
• Nepali: कुसुम (ne) (kusum)
• Odia: କୁସୁମ (or) (kusumô)
• Persian: کاجیره (fa) (kâjire), کافیشه (fa) (kâfiše)
• Polish: krokosz (pl) m
• Portuguese: açafroa (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕਸੁੰਭ (kasumbh)
• Romanian: șofrănaș (ro) m, șofrănel (ro) m
• Russian: сафло́р (ru) m (saflór)
• Sanskrit: कुसुम्भ (sa) m (kusumbha)
• Slovene: žafranika f
• Spanish: alazor (es) m
• Swedish: safflor (sv), färgtistel c
• Tagalog: kasubha, biri
• Telugu: కుసుమ (te) (kusuma)
• Thai: คำฝอย
• Tibetan: གུར་ཀུམ (gur kum)
• Turkish: aspir (tr)
• Vietnamese: hồng hoa