sunflower A2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.əɹ/ UK /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/ See IPA manual Freq #19696 Meanings 1 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a tall plant with a very... helianthus More sunbloomturnsole Word family Forms sunflowers Derived forms sunfloweredsunflowerlikesunflowery Related forms blueweedgirasolhelianthusmoonflowersunchoke Common collocations sunflower oil Noun + noun Etymology From sunflower, in reference to Sunny's name and Basil's flower crown. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sunflower **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.əɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/ **Frequency rank:** 19696 ## Meanings 1. A tall plant with a very large yellow flower and edible seeds, which turns to face the sun. ## Examples - The field was full of bright yellow sunflowers. ## Synonyms - sunbloom - turnsole ## Derived Forms - sunflowered - sunflowerlike - sunflowery ## Related Forms - blueweed - girasol - helianthus - moonflower - sunchoke ## Etymology From sunflower, in reference to Sunny's name and Basil's flower crown. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown