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.
Carthamus tinctorius, family Compositae
(safflower oil) [mass noun] the edible oil obtained from the seeds of the safflower plant.
Origin:
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
safflower in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of safflower in the US English dictionary
