OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37722

safflower

/ˈsæfˌlaʊə(ɹ)/
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A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
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…
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