The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 416
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.

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Arab. "Usfur" the seeds of Carthamus tinctorius = Safflower (Forskal, Flora, etc. lv.). The seeds are crushed for oil and the flowers, which must be gathered by virgins or the colour will fail, are extensively used for dying in Southern Arabia and Eastern Africa.

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Then they displayed her in the seventh dress, coloured between safflower [FN#416] and saffron, even as one of the poets saith:—

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Note 416TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.

Note 416
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.