sunflower
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sun + flower. Compare English sunbloom.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: sun‧flow‧er
Noun[edit]
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.
- 1954 July 29, J.R.R. Tolkien, “I: A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings; 1), →ISBN:
- The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.
- The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
- A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
- sunflower:
- (informal, organic chemistry) Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound, such as coronene.
- (pathology) Synonym of worm-star
- (UK, rail transport) An Automatic Warning System (AWS) indicator in the driver's cab that is displayed after a driver has acknowledged an audible warning, which consists of a yellow circle enclosing a white circle, with black spokes overlaid.
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Translations[edit]
flower
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- sunflower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Helianthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Helianthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- sunflower at USDA Plants database
- sunflower at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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