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sunseed

sunseed noun: a variety of sunflower seed intended to produce healthier sunflower oil.

Noun

sunseed (countable and uncountable, plural sunseeds)

  1. A variety of sunflower seed intended to produce healthier sunflower oil.
    • […] has stimulated a surge in plantings and production of rapeseed and sunseed.2000, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members, The agro-food processing sector in China: Developments and policy challenges, →ISBN, page 188

Forms of sunseed

pluralsunseeds

Origin of sunseed

From sun + seed.

Questions about sunseed

What does sunseed mean?
Sunseed means a variety of sunflower seed intended to produce healthier sunflower oil.
What part of speech is sunseed?
Sunseed is a noun.
What is the plural of sunseed?
The plural of sunseed is sunseeds.

Words near sunseed in the dictionary

  1. sunscreen
  2. sunscreened
  3. sunscreening
  4. sunscreens
  5. Sunscrit
  6. sunseed
  7. sunseeds
  8. sunseeker
  9. sunseekers
  10. Sunseri
  11. Sunseris

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