单词 | safflower |
释义 | safflowern. 1. The dried petals of the Carthamus tinctorius (see 2), also the (red) dye produced from these petals. Used in the preparation of rouge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > paints or colours > reddening reda1398 cloth of Levant1497 red leather1545 safflower1583 cheek-varnish1598 vermilion1600 rubric1650 rud1651 Spanish wool1678 French reda1680 saffranon1731 French rouge?1745 rouge1746 α. β. 1635 Rates Merchandizes sig. E6v Saflo [r] e the pound.1662 Statutes Irel. (1678) 658 Safflore. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 588 Safflor, which the Portuguese employ to colour their eatables yellow.γ. 1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 298 This Mather..dyeth on Cloth a colour the neerest to our Bow-dye,..the like whereof Safflowr doth in Silk.1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. vi Then take the safflower out of the bag.1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 1113 Safflower contains two colouring matters, a yellow and a red.1877 O'Neill in Encycl. Brit. VII. 571/2 Specimens of mummy cloth of a reddish colour appeared to have been dyed with safflower.1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 20 Yee shall take one pound of samfleure and let it soke halfe a day [etc.]. 1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 20 Samfloure. 2. The thistle-like plant Carthamus tinctorius, extensively cultivated in Southern Europe, Egypt, India, and China for the dye obtained from its flowers (see 1); the seeds yield an oil used in cooking, making margarine, in lamps, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > saffron-thistle bastard saffron1548 carthamus1548 mock saffron1548 safflower1682 Cape saffron1711 distaff thistle1715 African saffron1866 saffron-thistle1889 β. γ. 1682 S. Wilson Acct. Province Carolina 18 Sumack growes in great abundance naturally, so undoubtedly would Woad, Madder and Sa-Flower, if planted.1756 Compl. Body Husb. 535 Saff-flower, or Carthamus, is cultivated for the sake of its flower, as the Saffron is.1900 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 16 6 Other Philippine dye plants..are the sibucao, or sapan wood, the beri, or safflower [etc.].1974 Nature 13 Dec. 519/2 No work is at present supported at international level on oil seeds such as sunflower, safflower and rapeseed, although their oils are important in the diets of many developing countries.1980 Holistic Health News (Berkeley, Calif. Holistic Health Center) Sept.–Oct. 8/3 Mix together: 1 cup of oil, safflower works well. 1½ teaspoons of sea salt.δ. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 131 In Oxfordshire, about Norton and Ashton, grows a sort of herb that they call Safflow or Bastard Saffron, which the Dyers use for the dying of Scarlet.1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 201 The Safflow or Zaffer..a kind of thistle native to the East Indies.1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 536 Woad, saflor, or wild-saffron, and garden-fruits. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 170 Safflower is the florets of the Carthamus Tinctorius, a plant originally growing in Egypt and some of the warm parts of Europe. 1857 E. Balfour Cycl. India 1631 Safflower Oil. 1857 E. Balfour Cycl. India 1631 Safflower Seed. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. b7 Safflower seed oil has especially good stability for cooking and frying oils. 1971 H. McCloy Question of Time i. iii. 28 Margarine made with safflower oil (butter is as bad for arteries as eggs). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583 |
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