safflower

English

Etymology

Middle French safleur, from Arabic اَصْفَر‎ (aṣfar, “yellow”).

Noun

safflower (plural safflowers)

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.

Synonyms

bastard saffron

Translations

plant

Amharic: ሱፍ (suf)
Bengali: কুসুম (kuśum)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 紅花 (hung⁴ faa¹)

Mandarin: 紅花 (zh), 红花 (zh) (hónghuā)
Czech: světlice f
Finnish: saflori (fi), värisaflori (fi)
French: carthame des teinturiers (fr) m
German: Färberdistel f
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)
Kannada: ಕುಸುಬಿ (kn) (kusubi)
Kapampangan: kasuba
Korean: 잇꽃 (itkkot)
Latin: cnecos m

Malay: kesumba
Malayalam: ചെണ്ടൂരകം (ceṇṭūrakaṃ)
Marathi: करडई (karḍaī)
Nepali: कुसुम (ne) (kusuma)
Oriya: କୁସୁମ (or) (kusum)
Persian: کاجیره‎‎ (fa) (kājire), کافیشه‎‎ (fa) (kāfiše)
Polish: krokosz (pl) m
Portuguese: açafroa (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕਸੁੰਭ (kasumbh)
Romanian: șofrănaș (ro) m, șofrănel (ro) m
Russian: сафло́р (ru) m (saflór)
Slovene: žafranika f
Spanish: alazor m
Tagalog: kasubha, biri
Telugu: కుసుమ (te) (kusuma)
Tibetan: གུར་ཀུམ (gur kum)
Turkish: aspir (tr)
Vietnamese: hồng hoa

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