carthamus tinctorius
Noun
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Thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil (synset 111966520)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsbelongs to: carthamus, genus carthamus - safflowerhas: safflower seed - seed of the safflowersubstance holonym: safflower oil - oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paintssame as: false saffron, safflower
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