sunflower

A2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.əɹ/ UK /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #19696

Meanings

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noun
A tall plant with a very large yellow flower and edible seeds, which turns to face the sun.

The field was full of bright yellow sunflowers.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a tall plant with a very... helianthus

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Word family

Forms sunflowers

Derived forms sunfloweredsunflowerlikesunflowery

Related forms blueweedgirasolhelianthusmoonflowersunchoke

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Phrases (1)

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sunflower oil
oil extracted from sunflower seeds

Noun + noun

Etymology

From sunflower, in reference to Sunny's name and Basil's flower crown.

Topics

Plants & Agriculture

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