ALL meanings of safflower
saf·flow·er
S s - noun safflower a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads. 1
- noun safflower its dried florets, used medicinally or as a red dyestuff. 1
- noun safflower plant used to make red food dye and cooking oil 1
- noun safflower a thistle-like Eurasian annual plant, Carthamus tinctorius, having large heads of orange-yellow flowers and yielding a dye and an oil used in paints, medicines, etc: family Asteraceae (composites) 0
- noun safflower a red dye used for cotton and for colouring foods and cosmetics, or a drug obtained from the florets of this plant 0
- noun safflower a thistlelike, annual plant (Carthamus tinctorius) of the composite family, with large, orange flower heads and seeds that yield a drying oil used in paints, foods, medicine, etc. 0
- noun safflower a dyestuff or drug prepared from its florets 0