sunflower
Syllables: sun·flow·er/ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/US/ˈsʌn.flaʊ.əɹ/
sunflower noun: 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.
Noun
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.
- The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.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 low-beamed Bell Inn, believed to date from 1520, is locally renowned for its garden where giant sunflowers grow. In 1978, one reached the spectacular height of 23 ft 6 in.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate
- The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
- A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
- Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound, such as coronene.
- Synonym of worm-star.
- Synonyms:
- worm-star
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Sunflower
Sunflower
- The ship of characters Sunny and Basil from the videogame Omori.
sunflower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sunflower in Hindi
- flower
- सूर्यमुखी sūryamukhī, सूरजमुखी sūrajmukhī
sunflower in Tamil
- flower
- சூரியகாந்தி cūriyakānti
sunflower in Marathi
- flower
- सूर्यफूल sūryaphūl, सूर्यकमळी sūryakamḷī
sunflower in Urdu
- flower
- سوریہ مکھی sūrya-mukhī, سورج مکھی sūraj-mukhī
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- sunflower in Bengali
- সূর্যমুখী śurjomukhi
- sunflower in Telugu
- పొద్దుతిరుగుడు poddutiruguḍu, ప్రొద్దుతిరుగుడు proddutiruguḍu, తిరుగుడు పువ్వు tiruguḍu puvvu, ప్రొద్దుతిరుగుడు పువ్వు proddutiruguḍu puvvu
- sunflower in Malayalam
- സൂര്യകാന്തി sūryakānti
- sunflower in Kannada
- ಸೂರ್ಯಕಾಂತಿ sūryakānti
- sunflower in Punjabi
- ਸੂਰਜਮੁਖੀ sūrjamukhī
- sunflower in Gujarati
- સૂર્યમુખી sūryamukhī
- sunflower in Odia
- ସୂର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ମୁଖୀ, ସୂର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ମୁଖୀ ଫୁଲ
- sunflower in Sanskrit
- सूर्यमुखी sūryamukhī
- sunflower in Sinhala
- සූරියකාන්ත sūriyakānta
- sunflower in Nepali
- सूर्यमुखी sūryamukhī
- sunflower in Pashto
- کاپر ګل kapər gul, لمر ګل lemər gul, مېر ګل meyr gul
- sunflower in Tagalog
- mirasol, hirasol
- sunflower in Arabic
- زَهْرَة اَلشَّمْس zahrat aš-šams, دَوَّار اَلشَّمْس dawwār aš-šams
- sunflower in Malay
- bunga matahari, kembang matahari
- sunflower in Indonesian
- bunga matahari
- sunflower in Persian
- آفتابگردان âftâb-gardân
- sunflower in Thai
- ดอกทานตะวัน
- sunflower in Vietnamese
- hướng dương, hướng dương quỳ tử, thiên quỳ tử
- sunflower in Myanmar
- နေကြာ ne-kra
- Dzongkha
- ཉིམ་གང་ཤར nyim gang shar
Examples of sunflower in a sentence
- There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss.
- The petaled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.
- The petalled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.
Synonyms of sunflower
Forms of sunflower
| plural | sunflowers |
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Origin of sunflower
From sun + flower. Compare English sunbloom.
From sunflower, in reference to Sunny's name and Basil's flower crown.
Words formed from sunflower
Phrases with sunflower
Questions about sunflower
- What does sunflower mean?
- Sunflower means 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.
- What is sunflower in Hindi?
- Sunflower in Hindi is सूर्यमुखी (sūryamukhī), सूरजमुखी (sūrajmukhī). See Sunflower meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sunflower?
- Sunflower can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sunflower?
- Sunflower is pronounced /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sunflower?
- The plural of sunflower is sunflowers.
Words near sunflower in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sunflower (page history and authors); Sunflower (page history and authors); sunflower (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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