Definition of Safflowers

1. Noun. (plural of safflower) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Safflowers

1. safflower [n] - See also: safflower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safflowers

safetymen
safewords
saffi
saffian
saffians
saffis
safflor
safflorite
safflorites
safflors
safflow
safflower
safflower oil
safflower seed
safflowers (current term)
saffranine
saffron
saffron crocus
saffroned
saffronlike
saffrons
saffrony
safing
saframycin
saframycins
safranal
safranin
safranin O
safranine

Literary usage of Safflowers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"System 30:510-12 N '16 City lu:42:i-3o О '16 Making the world safer. SE Forman, il St Safety first special. Outlook 113:240 My 31 '16 safflowers N 43:53S-9 ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... one of the safflowers, belonging to the natural order Compositae. Its seed is edible, and yields a yellow oil, sometimes used as an illuminant, ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"The vegetable products include rice and the ordinary varieties of millet, vegetables, sugar-cane, tobacco, cotton, chillies, and safflowers. ..."

4. The Panorama of Professions and Trades: Or Every Man's Book by Edward Hazen (1836)
"The blue dye is made of indigo; the red dye, of madder, cochineal, archil, Brazil-wood, or safflowers; the yellow dye, ..."

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