Safflower

//ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "safflower" (3 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
bastard saffron

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
carthamus tinctorius

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)
false saffron

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Translations

66 translations across 53 languages.

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Amharic

1 entries
  • ሱፍ noun (plant)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κνῆκος noun (plant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عُصْفُر noun (plant)
  • مُرَّيْق noun (plant)
  • مُرِّيق noun (plant)
  • مِرِّيق noun (plant)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܚܪܝܥܐ noun (plant)
  • ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ noun (plant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կանճրակ noun (plant)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কুসুম noun (plant)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • шафранка noun (plant)

Catalan

1 entries
  • safranó noun (plant)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کاخڵی noun (plant)

Chechen

1 entries
  • даьтта доккху баӏ noun (plant)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 紅花 /红花 noun (plant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 紅花 /红花 noun (plant)

Czech

1 entries
  • světlice noun (plant)

Dutch

1 entries
  • saffloer noun (plant)

Finnish

2 entries
  • saflori noun (plant)
  • värisaflori noun (plant)

French

1 entries
  • carthame des teinturiers noun (plant)

Galician

1 entries
  • cártamo noun (plant)

German

1 entries
  • Färberdistel noun (plant)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કસુંબો noun (plant)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कुसुम noun (plant)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesumba noun (plant)

Italian

2 entries
  • cartamo noun (plant)
  • zafferanone noun (plant)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 紅花 noun (plant)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦏꦼꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ noun (plant)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕುಸುಬಿ noun (plant)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • kasuba noun (plant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 잇꽃 noun (plant)

Latin

1 entries
  • cnecos noun (plant)

Malay

1 entries
  • kesumba noun (plant)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചെണ്ടൂരകം noun (plant)

Marathi

1 entries
  • करडई noun (plant)

Middle Armenian

1 entries
  • ասփուր noun (plant)

Mycenaean Greek

1 entries
  • 𐀏𐀙𐀒 noun (plant)

Nepali

1 entries
  • कुसुम noun (plant)

Odia

1 entries
  • କୁସୁମ noun (plant)

Persian

2 entries
  • کاجیره noun (plant)
  • کافیشه noun (plant)

Polish

1 entries
  • krokosz noun (plant)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • açafroa noun (plant)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਕਸੁੰਭ noun (plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • șofrănaș noun (plant)
  • șofrănel noun (plant)

Russian

1 entries
  • сафло́р noun (plant)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कुसुम्भ noun (plant)

Slovene

1 entries
  • žafranika noun (plant)

Spanish

1 entries
  • alazor noun (plant)

Swedish

2 entries
  • färgtistel noun (plant)
  • safflor noun (plant)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • biri noun (plant)
  • kasubha noun (plant)

Tamil

1 entries
  • செந்துருக்கம் noun (plant)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కుసుమ noun (plant)

Thai

1 entries
  • คำฝอย noun (plant)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གུར་ཀུམ noun (plant)

Turkish

3 entries
  • aspur noun (plant)
  • papağan yemi noun (plant)
  • yalancı safran noun (plant)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hồng hoa noun (plant)
  • rum noun (plant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • safflwr noun (plant)

Sample sentences

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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 […].

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