safflower

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil. countable,uncountable
    — 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 […].

词形变化

safflowers plural

词源

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