sunflower
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- noun
- /ˈsʌnˌflaʊər/
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- Each sunflower head turns to face the sun as it moves across the sky.
- a field of sunflowers
- sunflower heads
- sunflower crop
Like the, you know, I'll, I'll, I'll walk through the sunflower sprout process.
- Like the, you know, I'll, I'll, I'll walk through the sunflower sprout process.
- So we've got some sunflowers up in here.
- Oh my God, you look like the bottom half of a sunflower.
- I want light blue with mini yellow sunflowers.
- And as this millions are being offered for sunflowers.
Examples
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But this is still the biggest and most beautiful sunflower field I have ever been to.
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When I lived in Thousand Oaks, CA, from the ages of four to six, a sunflower sprouted in her backyard.
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Look at that, that sunflower just starting to open.
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And soon a field of sunflowers gives way to a low building... ...of stone and tile.
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These were huge, huge sunflowers and they're ready to go.
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This giant sunflower is taller than any sunflower I've ever grown before.
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Put the sunflowers by her bed, they're her favorites.
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The bearded dad offers me sunflower seeds and briefs me on his child-rearing philosophy.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ace nonchalantly sits back in a chair, pops a sunflower seed into his mouth, and cracks it loudly.
Fiction book (1994) -
In Africa, doves and sparrows are largely responsible for sunflower damage (van Niekerk 2009).
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
A tall plant with a large yellow flower and seeds that people eat or use for oil
A tall plant with large yellow flowers that makes seeds for food and oil
A tall plant with large yellow flower heads often grown in gardens
A tall plant with yellow flowers that grows every year in central North America
A tall plant that lives for several years with large yellow flowers in open fields
A very tall sunflower with thick edible roots
A very tall plant like a sunflower that has roots you can eat
A very tall plant with large yellow flowers and edible underground roots
A tall sunflower plant with rough leaves and large yellow flower heads that grows in the central United States
A tall plant like a sunflower with large yellow petals and a dark centre
A tall plant with knobby edible tubers grown for food
A type of sunflower with thin, branching stems that grows in sandy places in the central United States
A wild plant with bright yellow petals that grows in central United States grasslands
A tall wild sunflower with narrow leaves and bright yellow flowers that grows in wet places in eastern North America
A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes
A slender hairy plant with golden-yellow flowers that grows in sandy deserts
A mountain plant with feathery leaves and one large yellow flower on a hairy stem
Compounds
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Small seeds from sunflowers eaten as a snack, used in cooking or pressed for oil
A tall plant with a large yellow flower and seeds that people eat or use for oil
A slender hairy plant with golden-yellow flowers that grows in sandy deserts
A mountain plant with feathery leaves and one large yellow flower on a hairy stem
A tall plant with yellow flowers that grows every year in central North America
A wild plant with bright yellow petals that grows in central United States grasslands
A pale yellow liquid used for cooking and salads that comes from sunflower seeds
A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes
A plant with bright yellow daisy-like flowers that grows in wet places and meadows
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Etymology
The word sunflower is made from sun and flower because the plant's large, yellow head looks like the 'sun' and many kinds turn their heads to follow the sun, so it is a 'sun-flower'.