SUNFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sunflower mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUNFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helianthus; sunflower

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sunflower"):

Helianthus angustifolius; swamp sunflower (sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogs)

common sunflower; Helianthus annuus; mirasol (annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America)

giant sunflower; Helianthus giganteus; Indian potato; tall sunflower (very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots)

Helianthus laetiflorus; showy sunflower (tall rough-leaved perennial with a few large flower heads; central United States)

Helianthus maximilianii; Maximilian's sunflower (tall perennial of central United States to Canada having golden-yellow flowers)

Helianthus petiolaris; prairie sunflower (similar to the common sunflower with slender usually branching stems common in central United States)

girasol; Helianthus tuberosus; Jerusalem artichoke; Jerusalem artichoke sunflower (tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers)

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

genus Helianthus (genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers)

 Context examples 

There appear to be two growth mechanisms at work in the sunflower stem.

(Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock, NSF)

The research also revealed that sunflower oil induced fibrosis, ultrastructural alterations, gene expression blockades and high oxidation.

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)

Try to replace them with oils such as canola, olive, safflower, sesame, or sunflower.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Milk protein-based energy drink is a flavored liquid that consists of milk protein, rapeseed and sunflower oils, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and trace-elements, providing 1.5kcal and 10 mg of protein per ml.

(Milk Protein-Based Energy Drink, NCI Thesaurus)

Foods high in magnesium include almonds, bananas, beans, broccoli, brown rice, cashews, egg yolk, fish oil, flaxseed, green vegetables, milk, mushrooms, other nuts, oatmeal, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, soybeans, sunflower seeds, sweet corn, tofu, and whole grains (see: Foods, by content of Magnesium, Mg)

(Low Magnesium Levels Make Vitamin D Ineffective, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Three dietary fats (virgin olive oil, sunflower oil and fish oils) were studied and virgin olive oil was shown to the best of the three for preserving the liver throughout life.

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)

Growing sunflowers begin the day with their heads facing east, swing west through the day, and turn back to the east at night.

(Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock, NSF)

An international group of scientists led by the University of Granada (UGR) has demonstrated that the long-term intake of sunflower or fish oils damages the liver and can cause a series of alterations in it, giving rise to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)

Plant biologists at University of California, Davis have discovered how sunflowers use their internal circadian "clocks," acting on growth hormones, to follow the sun during the day as they grow.

(Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock, NSF)

The alterations caused by the long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils make the liver susceptible to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, a very serious disease that may act as a catalyst for other liver diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer.

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)