Definition of Safflower seed

1. Noun. Seed of the safflower.

Terms within: Safflower Oil
Group relationships: Carthamus Tinctorius, False Saffron, Safflower
Generic synonyms: Seed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safflower Seed

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

Literary usage of Safflower seed

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

1. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"... or safflower seed. The Lucknow Exhibition Committee furnishes the following note : In Oude it is sown in October, either alone, or at the edge of wheat ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... nut of tho oil-palm ; this nut was formerly rejected as useless after the oil had been obtained from the fruit. Safflower-seed Oil, from the seeds of ..."

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