safflower
Noun
Meaning
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).
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Here's a bird feeder hint: If you have a plague of squirrels (which we do, because of our native pecan trees) use safflower seed in your feeders.
Vegetable based Omega’s (evening primrose, flax seed, pumpkin seed, safflower oil) are all good in their raw, unprocessed form.
Colour was sometimes added by hand, using a red lead ink in tan-e prints, or later in a pink safflower ink in beni-e prints.
Zumbani, safflower, hibiscus, pineapple sage, lemon grass, baobab: you’ll be forgiven if you don’t know what some of these are.
This variant can be found most abundantly in wheat germ oil, sunflower, and safflower oils.
There were also safflower and sunflower oils.