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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References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1922), “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎ (in German), volume 1, pages 111–114
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