safflower

A thistlelike Eurasian plant (Carthamus tinctorius) in the composite family, having orange flowers that produce seeds containing an oil used for cooking and in food products, cosmetics, and paints.

The dried flowers of this plant, formerly used as a source of yellow and orange dyes.

A composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius; also, a drug and dyestuff consisting of its dried florets.

An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.

The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.

A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).

a purgative oil expressed from the seeds of the safflower.

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.

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