SAFFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does safflower mean? 

• SAFFLOWER (noun)
  The noun SAFFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil

  Familiarity information: SAFFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAFFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carthamus tinctorius; false saffron; safflower

Hypernyms ("safflower" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "safflower"):

safflower seed (seed of the safflower)

Meronyms (substance of "safflower"):

safflower oil (oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints)

Holonyms ("safflower" is a member of...):

Carthamus; genus Carthamus (safflower)

 Context examples 

Try to replace them with oils such as canola, olive, safflower, sesame, or sunflower.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Other recent developments in crop biotechnology listed in the report include GM sugarcane that is resistant to insects and drought, GM apples that do not turn brown, GM canola and safflower that have high levels of oleic acid which has anti-cancer properties.

(GM tech expands with more crops to more countries, SciDev.Net)