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Safflower

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A yellow-to-red dye from Carthamus florets, cheaper saffron-look in cloth and food. Not saffron the crocus, and not weld.

Also known as Carthamus · Dyer's saffron

  • Safflower is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists safflower / knēkos (κνῆκος) among warming seed and flower drugs beside its dye use. A named safflower in that handbook, not saffron as the crocus thread already walked and not weld as the yellow cloth dye.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

    used in · sourced · documented

  • Safflower is used in Dye.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica notes safflower / knēkos among plants used to color cloth and foods yellow-to-red beside drug speech. A named safflower dye use in that handbook, not saffron-dye-pliny as the crocus stigma and not safflower-medicine-dioscorides as the drug seat alone.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

    used in · sourced · documented

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