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DESERT SUNFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desert sunflower mean? 

DESERT SUNFLOWER (noun)
  The noun DESERT SUNFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. 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 Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: DESERT SUNFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESERT SUNFLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

desert sunflower; Gerea canescens

Hypernyms ("desert sunflower" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("desert sunflower" is a member of...):

genus Gerea; Gerea (small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers)


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