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Safflower

Scope note

A red natural organic dye, also used as a pigment, prepared from the dried petals of the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius, used chiefly in East Asia.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300013072

Broader Terms used

<colorant for dye and pigment>

Created

13yrs ago

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