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Carthamus
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul la-med carthamus, from mul ar قُرْطُم for the genus, from mul syc ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ qūrṭəmā safflower, from syc ܩܰܪܛܶܡ qarṭem to cut off gently, to trim from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Asteraceae the safflowers, the distaff thistles
Hypernyms
genus ; Carduoideae subfamily - subfamily; Cardueae tribe - tribe; Centaureinae subtribe - subtribe
Hyponyms
genus Carthamus tinctorius species - selected species; for other species see 1
References
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mul Thistles