safflowers
Meaning of safflowers
plural noun
an orange-flowered thistle-like Eurasian plant with seeds that yield an edible oil and petals that were formerly used to produce a red or yellow dye.
late Middle English: from Dutch saffloer or German Saflor, via Old French and Italian from Arabic aṣfar ‘yellow’. The spelling has been influenced by saffron and flower.
Information about safflowers
- It is a name.
- The singular form of safflowers is: safflower.
- Languages in which safflowers is used:
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Hyphenation of safflowers
saf-flow-ers
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- safflowers is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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