different between girasol vs sunflower

English

Alternative forms

• girasole
• girosol

Etymology

From Italian girasole, from girare (“to rotate”) + sole (“sun”).

Noun

girasol (plural girasols)

1. A fire opal.

Translations

Anagrams

• Argolis, glorias

French

Noun

girasol m (plural girasols)

1. girasol
2. sunflower

Portuguese

Noun

girasol m (plural girasóis)

1. Obsolete spelling of girassol

Spanish

Etymology

From girar + sol. Literally, "sun-turner".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xi?a?sol/, [xi.?a?sol]

Noun

girasol m (plural girasoles)

1. (flower) sunflower

Derived terms

• aceite de girasol

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: hirasol

Further reading

• “girasol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

sun +? flower

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?n?fla?.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?n?fla??/
• Hyphenation: sun?flow?er

Noun

sunflower (plural sunflowers)

1. Any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers.
   1. The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
2. A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.

3. (informal, organic chemistry) Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound such as coronene

Synonyms

• turnsole

Derived terms

Related terms

• sunchoke

Translations

See also

• blueweed
• girasol
• helianthus
• Jerusalem artichoke
• moonflower
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• sunflower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Helianthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Helianthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• sunflower at USDA Plants database
• sunflower on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• unflowers