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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/ Forms: safflowers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French safleur; originally from Arabic أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”) but influenced by safran (“saffron”) and fleur (“flower”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|safleur}} Middle French safleur, {{der|en|ar|أَصْفَر|t=yellow}} Arabic أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”), {{root|en|ar|ص ف ر}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} safflower (plural safflowers)
  1. A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil. Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Thistles Synonyms: bastard saffron Translations (plant): ሱፍ (suf) (Amharic), κνῆκος (knêkos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُرِّيق (murrīq) (Arabic), مُرَّيْق (murrayq) (Arabic), مِرِّيق (mirrīq) (Arabic), عُصْفُر (ʕuṣfur) (Arabic), ܚܪܝܥܐ [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), կանճրակ (kančrak) (Armenian), কুসুম (kuśum) (Bengali), шафранка (šafranka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), safranó [masculine] (Catalan), کاخڵی (kaxllî) (Central Kurdish), даьтта доккху баӏ (dätta doqqu baˀ) (Chechen), 紅花 (Chinese Cantonese), 红花 (english: hung⁴ faa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 紅花 (Chinese Mandarin), 红花 (hónghuā) (Chinese Mandarin), světlice [feminine] (Czech), saffloer (Dutch), saflori (Finnish), värisaflori (Finnish), carthame des teinturiers [masculine] (French), cártamo [masculine] (Galician), Färberdistel [feminine] (German), કસુંબો (kasumbo) (Gujarati), कुसुम (kusum) (Hindi), kesumba (Indonesian), cartamo [masculine] (Italian), zafferanone [masculine] (Italian), 紅花 (benihana) (alt: べにはな) (Japanese), ꦏꦼꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ (kesumba) (Javanese), ಕುಸುಬಿ (kusubi) (Kannada), kasuba (Kapampangan), 잇꽃 (itkkot) (Korean), cnecos [masculine] (Latin), kesumba (Malay), ചെണ്ടൂരകം (ceṇṭūrakaṁ) (Malayalam), करडई (karḍaī) (Marathi), ասփուր (aspʻur) (Middle Armenian), कुसुम (kusum) (Nepali), କୁସୁମ (kusuma) (Odia), کاجیره (kâjire) (Persian), کافیشه (kâfiše) (Persian), krokosz [masculine] (Polish), açafroa [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕਸੁੰਭ (kasumbh) (Punjabi), șofrănaș [masculine] (Romanian), șofrănel [masculine] (Romanian), сафло́р (saflór) [masculine] (Russian), कुसुम्भ (kusumbha) [masculine] (Sanskrit), žafranika [feminine] (Slovene), alazor [masculine] (Spanish), safflor (Swedish), färgtistel [common-gender] (Swedish), kasubha (Tagalog), biri (Tagalog), కుసుమ (kusuma) (Telugu), คำฝอย (Thai), གུར་ཀུམ (gur kum) (Tibetan), aspir (Turkish), hồng hoa (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "ասփուր"
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          "roman": "kuśum",
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          "word": "紅花"
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          "english": "hung⁴ faa¹",
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          "roman": "hónghuā",
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          "sense": "plant",
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          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "କୁସୁମ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kâjire",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "کاجیره"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kâfiše",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "کافیشه"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krokosz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "açafroa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kasumbh",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "ਕਸੁੰਭ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "șofrănaș"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "șofrănel"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "saflór",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сафло́р"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "kusumbha",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कुसुम्भ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "žafranika"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alazor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "safflor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "färgtistel"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "kasubha"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "biri"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kusuma",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "కుసుమ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "คำฝอย"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "gur kum",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "གུར་ཀུམ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "aspir"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "hồng hoa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "safflower"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "safleur"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French safleur",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَصْفَر",
        "t": "yellow"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ص ف ر"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French safleur; originally from Arabic أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”) but influenced by safran (“saffron”) and fleur (“flower”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "safflowers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "safflower (plural safflowers)",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
        "English terms derived from Arabic",
        "English terms derived from Middle French",
        "English terms derived from the Arabic root ص ف ر",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "Terms with Amharic translations",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
        "Terms with Chechen translations",
        "Terms with Classical Syriac translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gujarati translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Javanese translations",
        "Terms with Kannada translations",
        "Terms with Kapampangan translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Middle Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Nepali translations",
        "Terms with Odia translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Punjabi translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Tibetan translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "en:Spices and herbs",
        "en:Thistles"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, page 195:",
          "text": "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 […].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Carthamus tinctorius",
          "Carthamus tinctorius#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Asteraceae",
          "Asteraceae#Translingual"
        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bastard saffron"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "suf",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ሱፍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "murrīq",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "مُرِّيق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "murrayq",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "مُرَّيْق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mirrīq",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "مِرِّيق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕuṣfur",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "عُصْفُر"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܚܪܝܥܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "qūrṭəmā",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kančrak",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "կանճրակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "axm",
      "lang": "Middle Armenian",
      "roman": "aspʻur",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ասփուր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kuśum",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "কুসুম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šafranka",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шафранка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "safranó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "dätta doqqu baˀ",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "даьтта доккху баӏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "紅花"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "hung⁴ faa¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "红花"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "紅花"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hónghuā",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "红花"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "světlice"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "saffloer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "saflori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "värisaflori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carthame des teinturiers"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cártamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Färberdistel"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "knêkos",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κνῆκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kasumbo",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "કસુંબો"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kusum",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "कुसुम"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kesumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cartamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zafferanone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "べにはな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "benihana",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "紅花"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "roman": "kesumba",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ꦏꦼꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kusubi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ಕುಸುಬಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kasuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "itkkot",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "잇꽃"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "kaxllî",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "کاخڵی"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cnecos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kesumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ceṇṭūrakaṁ",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ചെണ്ടൂരകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "karḍaī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "करडई"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "kusum",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "कुसुम"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "kusuma",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "କୁସୁମ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâjire",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "کاجیره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâfiše",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "کافیشه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krokosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "açafroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kasumbh",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ਕਸੁੰਭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "șofrănaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "șofrănel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "saflór",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сафло́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kusumbha",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कुसुम्भ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žafranika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alazor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "safflor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "färgtistel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kasubha"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "biri"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kusuma",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "కుసుమ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "คำฝอย"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "gur kum",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "གུར་ཀུམ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "aspir"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "hồng hoa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "safflower"
}

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