英语
词源
源自中古法语 safleur,源自阿拉伯语 أَصْفَر (ʾaṣfar, “黄色”),不过受safran (“番红花”)和fleur (“花”)的影响。
发音
名词
safflower(复数 safflowers)
- 红花,Carthamus tinctorius
- 2002,Victoria Finlay, Colour, 页号195:
- Safflower is unusual: if you add alkalis to the dye broth it is yellow; with acids it goes a beautiful crimson pink which is the colour of the original ‘red’ tape once tied around legal documents in England […] .
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)