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Meaning of "safflower" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAFFLOWER

Via Dutch saffloer or German safflor from Old French saffleur, from Early Italian saffiore, of uncertain origin. Influenced by saffron, flower.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SAFFLOWER

safflower  [ˈsæflaʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAFFLOWER

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Safflower is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SAFFLOWER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

safflower

Safflower

Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds. Plants are 30 to 150 cm tall with globular flower heads having yellow, orange, or red flowers. Each branch will usually have from one to five flower heads containing 15 to 20 seeds per head. Safflower is native to arid environments having seasonal rain. It grows a deep taproot which enables it to thrive in such environments.

Definition of safflower in the English dictionary

The definition of safflower in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of safflower is a red dye used for cotton and for colouring foods and cosmetics, or a drug obtained from the florets of this plant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAFFLOWER


bellflower
ˈbɛlˌflaʊə
cauliflower
ˈkɒlɪˌflaʊə
coneflower
ˈkəʊnˌflaʊə
cornflour
ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə
cornflower
ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə
dayflower
ˈdeɪˌflaʊə
elderflower
ˈeldəflaʊə
flour
ˈflaʊə
flower
ˈflaʊə
glower
ˈɡlaʊə
lour
laʊə
mayflower
ˈmeɪˌflaʊə
moonflower
ˈmuːnˌflaʊə
passionflower
ˈpæʃənˌflaʊə
plower
ˈplaʊə
starflower
ˈstɑːˌflaʊə
strawflower
ˈstrɔːˌflaʊə
sunflower
ˈsʌnˌflaʊə
wallflower
ˈwɔːlˌflaʊə
windflower
ˈwɪndˌflaʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAFFLOWER

safety regulations
safety screen
safety standards
safety touch
safety valve
safety zone
safety-conscious
safety-deposit
safety-deposit box
safetyman
saffian
saffron
saffron powder
saffron rice
saffron strands
saffron threads
saffron yellow
saffron-coloured
saffroned
saffrony

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAFFLOWER

bird of paradise flower
bird-of-paradise flower
blower
cam follower
cardinal flower
follower
gilliflower
glass-blower
lower
monkey flower
power
purple coneflower
snowblower
swallower
sword-swallower
the Mayflower
trumpet flower
wax flower
whistle blower
whistle-blower
wild flower

Synonyms and antonyms of safflower in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «safflower» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAFFLOWER

Find out the translation of safflower to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of safflower from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «safflower» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

红花
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cártamo
570 millions of speakers

English

safflower
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुसुम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القرطم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сафлоровое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cártamo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুসুম ফুল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carthame
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Safflower
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Distel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベニバナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

홍화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Safflower
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குசம்பப்பூ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

करडई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aspir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cartamo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szafranowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сафлорова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șofrănel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κνήκου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saffloer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

safflor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

safflower
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of safflower

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAFFLOWER»

The term «safflower» is regularly used and occupies the 72.667 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAFFLOWER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about safflower

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAFFLOWER»

Discover the use of safflower in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to safflower and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Safflower
This book portrays how the commercial development of safflower oil was done, how the different players involved approached the problem, and what can be learned from this that might help in the evolution of other "new" crops.
Joseph R. Smith, 1996
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Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs
Encyclopedia of Herbs DESCRIPTION Safflower is an annual plant with a smooth , erect, whitish stem that branches toward the top. Flowers: Orange-yellow, compound, thistlelike, with several tubular florets; 1-1 '/2 in. wide. Leaves: Alternate ...
Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton, 1998
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Fats and Oils: Formulating and Processing for Applications, ...
Safflower oil is the natural raw material for the production of conjugated linoleic fatty acid.84 The oxidative stability of crude safflower oil precludes storage for indefinite periods before processing. Generally, standard active oxygen method ...
Richard D. O'Brien, 2008
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World Oilseeds
According to Rheineck and Cummings ( I 966) and Weiss ( 1 983) most of the safflower oil in the United States is utilized in the manufacture of alkyd resins. It is used in exterior paints which possess good thorough drying, low wrinkling and ...
D.K. Salunkhe, 1992
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Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide to ...
I do not eat safflower oil, and I recommend that you do not either. Safflower/s history as a food plant in the Western world is very recent; mostly we have grown it as a natural dye. We do not eat safflower seeds as we do other oil sources.
Andrew Weil, 2004
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Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops
Safflower is very recognizable under the name false saffron, because its florets were used as a cheaper substitute — adulterant — for saffron (Crocus sathms L.), a bulbous plant that was formerly cultivated widely across the Middle East and ...
Franc Bavec, Martina Bavec, 2006
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Pests of Crops in Warmer Climates and Their Control
Dennis S. Hill. SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius – Compositae) SANN HEMP ( Crotalaria juncea – Leguminosae) (= Sunn Hemp). This glabrous, somewhat spiny, herbaceous annual looks rather like a thistle with a yellow or ...
Dennis S. Hill, 2008
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Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
Safflower seeds were spread on the soil surface at 50 seeds m−2 (half the recommended seeding rate) and either barley or canola planted. The transgenic safflower cv. Centennial intended for PMF was resistant to the broad-spectrum ...
Ching T. Hou, Jei-Fu Shaw, 2009
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Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical: As ...
To avoid this, when silk or woollen is dyed red by safflower, the following process is adopted : — The color is first taken up by the cotton, as already stated, and the cotton washed from all yellow, and then it is put into water containing a little of ...
Sheridan Muspratt, Eben Norton Horsford
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Diseases of Oilseed Crops
9. Diseases. of. Safflower. R. Kalpana Sastry1 and C. Chattopadhyay2 'National Academy for Agricultural Research Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030, A. P. 2National Research Centre on Rapeseed-Mustard, Sewar, ...
G. S. Saharan, Dr. Naresh Mehta, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAFFLOWER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term safflower is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crop of the Week: Safflower
Safflower was originally grown for the flowers that were used in making red and yellow dyes for clothing and food preparation. Today this crop supplies oil, meal, ... «Yuma Sun, Jul 15»
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FDA backs GE safflower derived meal as safe for feed
Meal from Arcadia's bioengineered gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) safflower seed has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe to ... «FeedNavigator.com, Jun 15»
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GM safflower oil byproduct approved as livestock feed
Arcadia Biosciences Inc. said Tuesday it has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell a byproduct of its genetically modified safflower ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jun 15»
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Arcadia wins FDA approval to sell oil byproduct, opening up big new …
Arcadia Biosciences Inc. said Tuesday it has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell a byproduct of its genetically modified safflower ... «Sacramento Business Journal, Jun 15»
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Arcadia Biosciences' Gamma-Linolenic Acid Safflower Meal …
Arcadia's GLA safflower seed is processed to produce nutritional oils with more than 40 percent GLA. These oils are marketed by Arcadia under the SONOVA® ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
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Dyeing with safflowers
He said during the Joseon Kingdom, safflower fields were controlled by the state, ... to dye the fabrics with safflower pigment for the kings and the upper class. «Korea Times, May 15»
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MSU research puts new safflower varieties up for licensing
BOZEMAN – Montana State University researchers have produced two new varieties of spineless safflower, an oilseed crop that can also be used as a cover ... «Montana State University, Apr 15»
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Trials of genetically modified safflower find the plants thrive in …
Trials of genetically modified safflower in Western Australia's Ord irrigation scheme are indicating it has the potential to be a billion dollar industry for the region ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»
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Integrated management of safflower aphid
Out of a dozen insect pests, the safflower aphid causes 30 to 80 per cent yield loss based upon weather conditions. Though safflower aphid causes economic ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
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These Safflower Oil Benefits For Hair And Skin Will Make Your …
Still, a subtle introduction to an alternative to mayo, safflower oil, was required out of love. Of course, while she was upping her salmon game, I was sneaking ... «Bustle, Nov 14»

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