sunflower : Idioms & Phrases

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alpine sunflower

  • noun whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
    Tetraneuris grandiflora; Hymenoxys grandiflora; old man of the mountain.
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common sunflower

  • noun annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America
    Helianthus annuus; mirasol.
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desert sunflower

  • noun slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico
    Gerea canescens.
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giant sunflower

  • noun very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
    giant sunflower; Helianthus giganteus; Indian potato.
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jerusalem artichoke sunflower

  • noun tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers
    girasol; Jerusalem artichoke; Helianthus tuberosus.
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maximilian's sunflower

  • noun tall perennial of central United States to Canada having golden-yellow flowers
    Helianthus maximilianii.
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mexican sunflower

  • noun any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays
    tithonia.
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prairie sunflower

  • noun similar to the common sunflower with slender usually branching stems common in central United States
    Helianthus petiolaris.
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showy sunflower

  • noun tall rough-leaved perennial with a few large flower heads; central United States
    Helianthus laetiflorus.
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sunflower oil

  • noun oil from sunflower seeds
    sunflower oil.
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sunflower seed

  • noun edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil
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sunflower state

  • noun a state in midwestern United States
    KS; Kansas.
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sunflower-seed oil

  • noun oil from sunflower seeds
    sunflower oil.
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swamp sunflower

  • noun sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogs
    Helianthus angustifolius.
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tall sunflower

  • noun very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
    giant sunflower; Helianthus giganteus; Indian potato.
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tickseed sunflower

  • noun North American bur marigold with large flowers
    Bidens trichosperma; Bidens coronata.
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woolly sunflower

  • noun any plant of the genus Eriophyllum
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