The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
Used in a Sentence
sunflower
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sunflower.
Editorial note
It's yeilds are something like 3-5 tons per hectare per year, while soy/sunflower/others are less than 1 ton/ha/yr.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of sunflower gathered in one view.
A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
(informal, organic chemistry) Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound, such as coronene.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for sunflower.
noun
The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
noun
A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.
noun
(informal, organic chemistry) Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound, such as coronene.
noun
(pathology) Synonym of worm-star.
Example sentences
It's yeilds are something like 3-5 tons per hectare per year, while soy/sunflower/others are less than 1 ton/ha/yr.
We will be sourcing our sunflower seeds from the high oleic acid varieties to reduce polyunsaturated fat content further.
If you take a sunflower and you look at the flower, it has spirals that go in different directions.
Lots of avocados and seeds (chia, flaxseed, sunflower, sesame) which have approximately 50% fat content 45% protein 5% fiber.
Two acres of sunflower seeds will produce enough oil to run a tractor for one season.
The sunflower seed example given by Chomsky seems to be mathematically well supported as a representation of Phi/Fibonacci sequences [1][2].
I was just looking the other day to see if I could get Trader Joe's sunflower seeds online.
The only reason I buy it is to make food for birds (lard + sunflower and other seeds).
And at least in Spain as far as I know, even cooking with sunflower oil is frowned upon.
Fairly certain of the following: Nautilus shells and sunflower petals are consistently logarithmic spirals, not golden spirals, and deviate from the golden ratio.
Depends who's lobbying I guess, butter vs margarine, coffee vs tea, lard vs sunflower oil.
Healthiness aside I like it more than sunflower oil and in Hungary it's well priced.
Quote examples
Everyone did, but switched away at the start of the 80s because the new message was "sunflower oil is healthier".
In the case of "Deep" frying, then you are absolutely right, and I would say that in this case seed (Sunflower, Peanut) oil is used for this purpose even in heavy Olive Oil consumer countries.
Since someone else was also thinking that the story seems too unbelievable, I looked up the "Canned beets and sunflower seeds" recall to see if it existed (and just because I was curious of what happened).
Obviously all the oil underground came from plants initially, you can skip a lot of trouble and harvest your sunflower seeds and rapeseed seeds right on the surface and skip all that "bury it for a few million years then tunnel down and dig it up"
Proper noun examples
Sunflower seeds are a rich source of vitamin E and demonstrate anti-inflammatory properties.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use sunflower in a sentence?
It's yeilds are something like 3-5 tons per hectare per year, while soy/sunflower/others are less than 1 ton/ha/yr.
What does sunflower mean?
The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
What part of speech is sunflower?
sunflower is commonly used as noun.