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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 Mexico
Familiarity information: DESERT SUNFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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