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sunflower
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)
- 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.
- The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
- A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
- (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
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turnsole
English
Alternative forms
- turnsol
- tournsol
Etymology
French tournesol
Noun
turnsole (countable and uncountable, plural turnsoles)
- The heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
- The sunflower.
- A kind of spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia).
- The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
- A purple dye obtained from Chrozophora tinctoria.
- Synonym: folium
- (chemistry, obsolete) litmus
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