English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Middle French safleur ; originally from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Arabic اَصْفَر ( aṣfar , “ yellow ” ) but influenced by safran ( “ saffron ” ) and fleur ( “ flower ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
safflower (plural safflowers )
A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius , family Asteraceae , now grown mainly for its oil.
Synonyms
bastard saffron (Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern }}
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Translations
plant
Amharic: ሱፍ ( suf )
Arabic: مُرِّيق ( murrīq ) , مُرَّيْق ( murrayq ) , مِرِّيق ( mirrīq ) , عُصْفُر ( ʕuṣfur )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܚܪܝܥܐ , ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ ( qūrṭəmā )
Armenian: կանճրակ (hy) ( kančrak )
Middle Armenian: ասփուր ( aspʻur )
Bengali: কুসুম ( kuśum )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 紅花 / 红花 ( hung4 faa1 )
Mandarin: 紅花 / 红花 (zh) ( hónghuā ) , 红花 (zh) ( hónghuā )
Czech: světlice f
Dutch: saffloer (nl)
Finnish: saflori (fi) , värisaflori (fi)
French: carthame des teinturiers (fr) m
German: Färberdistel f
Greek:
Ancient: κνῆκος f ( knêkos )
Gujarati: કસુંબો ( kasumbo )
Hindi: कुसुम (hi) ( kusum )
Indonesian: kesumba (id)
Italian: cartamo m , zafferanone m
Japanese: 紅花 (ja) ( べにはな, benihana )
Javanese: ꦏꦼꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ ( kesumba )
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Kannada: ಕುಸುಬಿ (kn) ( kusubi )
Kapampangan: kasuba
Korean: 잇꽃 ( itkkot )
Latin: cnecos m
Malay: kesumba
Malayalam: ചെണ്ടൂരകം ( ceṇṭūrakaṁ )
Marathi: करडई ( karḍaī )
Nepali: कुसुम (ne) ( kusum )
Oriya: କୁସୁମ (or) ( kusum )
Persian: کاجیره (fa) ( kâjire ) , کافیشه (fa) ( kâfiše )
Polish: krokosz (pl) m
Portuguese: açafroa (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕਸੁੰਭ ( kasumbh )
Romanian: șofrănaș (ro) m , șofrănel (ro) m
Russian: сафло́р (ru) m ( saflór )
Sanskrit: कुसुम्भ (sa) m ( kusumbha )
Slovene: žafranika f
Spanish: alazor m
Tagalog: kasubha , biri
Telugu: కుసుమ (te) ( kusuma )
Thai: คำฝอย
Tibetan: གུར་ཀུམ ( gur kum )
Turkish: aspir (tr)
Vietnamese: hồng hoa