Carthamus

Translingual

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carthamus, from Arabic قُرْطُم (qurṭum) for the genus, from Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā, “safflower”), from ܩܰܪܛܶܡ (qarṭem, “to cut off gently, to trim”) from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.

Proper noun

Carthamus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the safflowers, the distaff thistles.

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