Sunflower Definition

sŭnflouər
sunflowers
noun
sunflowers
Any of a genus (Helianthus) of tall plants of the composite family, having large, yellow, daisylike flowers with yellow, brown, purple, or almost black disks containing edible seeds that yield an oil.
Webster's New World
A brilliant yellow to strong or vivid orange yellow.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Sunflower

Noun

Singular:
sunflower
Plural:
sunflowers

Origin of Sunflower

Sunflower Sentence Examples

  • The Sunflower genus, of which there are several.

  • Here also, amongst other plants, the sunflower decorates village gardens.

  • Sunflower seeds are a truly nutritional food.

  • The advancing summer introduces many flowers of the sunflower family, until in August the plains are one blaze of yellow and purple.

  • The Yazoo, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, Sunflower, Big Black, Pascagoula and Pearl rivers are also navigable to a limited extent.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to sunflower using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

SSUSUN

Words Ending With

RERWER

Unscrambles

sunflower

Words Starting With S and Ending With R

Starts With S & Ends With RStarts With SU & Ends With RStarts With S & Ends With ER

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With S9 Letter Words Ending With R