noun
thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil
• Syn: ↑safflower, ↑false saffron
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carthamus, ↑genus Carthamus
• Substance Meronyms: ↑safflower oil
• Part Meronyms: ↑safflower seed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.