Sunflower
noun
A large plant that has yellow petals and a brown center, which produces seeds.
Sunflowers are usually taller than other garden plants.
Often appears as...
- sunflower seeds
- sunflower oil
noun
The seed of the sunflower plant, often eaten as food.
People eat sunflower seeds as a healthy snack.
Often appears as...
- roasted sunflower seeds
- eat sunflower seeds
noun
An oil that is made from the sunflower seeds and is used for cooking.
Sunflower oil is often used to fry foods.
Often appears as...
- cook with sunflower oil
- bottle of sunflower oil
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
A large plant that has yellow petals and a brown center, which produces seeds.
Sunflowers are usually taller than other garden plants.
Often appears as...
- sunflower seeds
- sunflower oil
noun
The seed of the sunflower plant, often eaten as food.
People eat sunflower seeds as a healthy snack.
Often appears as...
- roasted sunflower seeds
- eat sunflower seeds
noun
An oil that is made from the sunflower seeds and is used for cooking.
Sunflower oil is often used to fry foods.
Often appears as...
- cook with sunflower oil
- bottle of sunflower oil
Usage tips
Culinary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Identifier
The term 'sunflower' can help visualize the flower, resembling the sun.
The child drew a big sunflower with bright yellow petals.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbolism
In many cultures, sunflowers symbolize happiness and optimism due to their appearance.
She decorated her room with sunflowers to brighten the space.
Pro Tip 3/3Growth Direction
'Sunflower' can highlight the plant's unique trait of following the sun's movement, called heliotropism.
The field of sunflowers turned their faces to follow the sun throughout the day.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Identifier
The term 'sunflower' can help visualize the flower, resembling the sun.
The child drew a big sunflower with bright yellow petals.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbolism
In many cultures, sunflowers symbolize happiness and optimism due to their appearance.
She decorated her room with sunflowers to brighten the space.
Pro Tip 3/3Growth Direction
'Sunflower' can highlight the plant's unique trait of following the sun's movement, called heliotropism.
The field of sunflowers turned their faces to follow the sun throughout the day.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Identifier
The term 'sunflower' can help visualize the flower, resembling the sun.
The child drew a big sunflower with bright yellow petals.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbolism
In many cultures, sunflowers symbolize happiness and optimism due to their appearance.
She decorated her room with sunflowers to brighten the space.
Pro Tip 3/3Growth Direction
'Sunflower' can highlight the plant's unique trait of following the sun's movement, called heliotropism.
The field of sunflowers turned their faces to follow the sun throughout the day.
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on a women's enterprise center where we're going to be working with these women not only as expert beekeepers but as amazing basket weavers; they're going to be processing chili oils, sunflower oils, making lip balms and honey, and we're somewhere on our way to helping these participating farmers
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Is math discovered or...
And Fibonacci stumbled upon his famous sequence while looking at the growth of an idealized rabbit population. Mankind later found the sequence everywhere in nature, from sunflower seeds and flower petal arrangements, to the structure of a pineapple, even the branching of bronchi in the lungs.
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His Epic Message Will...
Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally but because like the song says we are family literally everything every species is connected genetically from the sunflower to the Sun fish and this
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Jacqueline Novogratz: A...
And as we got closer, its significance became apparent. That there in the desert was a field of sunflowers growing seven feet tall. Because one of the poorest farmers on Earth had gotten access to a technology that had allowed him to change his own life.
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Stefano Mancuso: The...
they are really playing. These are young sunflowers, and what they are doing cannot be described with any other terms than playing. They are training themselves, as many young animals do, to the adult life
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Best of Animal Teamwork...
opportunities on alpha so here's the problem the elephant's need to be able to pull the table closer to gain access to the sunflower seeds and they need the
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Elephants Being...
So here's the problem. The elephants need to be able to pull the table closer to gain access to the sunflower seeds..
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Documenting what life is...
so I could take verbal notes on score changes, player substitutions and the number of sunflower seeds I ate.
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Finding Little Owls in...
Look at that, we've got a sunflower growing out of the roof. Such a weird place to see a sunflower.
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Sunflower Seastar:...
the sunflower star is a terrifying predator
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How bees can keep the...
on a women's enterprise center where we're going to be working with these women not only as expert beekeepers but as amazing basket weavers; they're going to be processing chili oils, sunflower oils, making lip balms and honey, and we're somewhere on our way to helping these participating farmers
Video examples
Is math discovered or...
And Fibonacci stumbled upon his famous sequence while looking at the growth of an idealized rabbit population. Mankind later found the sequence everywhere in nature, from sunflower seeds and flower petal arrangements, to the structure of a pineapple, even the branching of bronchi in the lungs.
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally but because like the song says we are family literally everything every species is connected genetically from the sunflower to the Sun fish and this
Video examples
Jacqueline Novogratz: A...
And as we got closer, its significance became apparent. That there in the desert was a field of sunflowers growing seven feet tall. Because one of the poorest farmers on Earth had gotten access to a technology that had allowed him to change his own life.
Video examples
Stefano Mancuso: The...
they are really playing. These are young sunflowers, and what they are doing cannot be described with any other terms than playing. They are training themselves, as many young animals do, to the adult life
Video examples
Best of Animal Teamwork...
opportunities on alpha so here's the problem the elephant's need to be able to pull the table closer to gain access to the sunflower seeds and they need the
Video examples
Elephants Being...
So here's the problem. The elephants need to be able to pull the table closer to gain access to the sunflower seeds..
Video examples
Documenting what life is...
so I could take verbal notes on score changes, player substitutions and the number of sunflower seeds I ate.
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
Look at that, we've got a sunflower growing out of the roof. Such a weird place to see a sunflower.
Video examples
Sunflower Seastar:...
the sunflower star is a terrifying predator
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Quote examples
Charles Jencks
American Architect
Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its centre, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions.
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Miranda Kerr
Australian Model
I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.
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Manny Machado
Dominican Athlete
I've been doing this since I was a kid. I'm always going to play the game with a smile on my face, blowing bubbles, sunflower seeds, whatever it is. That's just who I am.
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Joe Lycett
British Comedian
I think it's something to do with the nurturing side of the psyche; tying up a sunflower or whatever and helping it grow, it is just some kind of core human experience.
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Oksana Masters
American Athlete
I don't know why, but I love sunflowers, and I just have this vivid memory of being in a field of sunflowers and how they felt like trees. They felt so tall.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican Athlete
I wanted green in my hair, so I did green. And I got my sunflowers to match. I've never done it before. Just said, 'OK, I'm doing my hair green.
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Jean Paul
German Author
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
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Edna Ferber
American Novelist
Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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Bethany Mota
American Entertainer
I love sunflowers. They're one of my favorite flowers.
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Kay Kay Menon
Indian Actor
I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.
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Charles Jencks
American Architect
Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its centre, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions.
Quote examples
Miranda Kerr
Australian Model
I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.
Quote examples
Manny Machado
Dominican Athlete
I've been doing this since I was a kid. I'm always going to play the game with a smile on my face, blowing bubbles, sunflower seeds, whatever it is. That's just who I am.
Quote examples
Joe Lycett
British Comedian
I think it's something to do with the nurturing side of the psyche; tying up a sunflower or whatever and helping it grow, it is just some kind of core human experience.
Quote examples
Oksana Masters
American Athlete
I don't know why, but I love sunflowers, and I just have this vivid memory of being in a field of sunflowers and how they felt like trees. They felt so tall.
Quote examples
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican Athlete
I wanted green in my hair, so I did green. And I got my sunflowers to match. I've never done it before. Just said, 'OK, I'm doing my hair green.
Quote examples
Jean Paul
German Author
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
Quote examples
Edna Ferber
American Novelist
Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
Quote examples
Bethany Mota
American Entertainer
I love sunflowers. They're one of my favorite flowers.
Quote examples
Kay Kay Menon
Indian Actor
I remember my first role as a sunflower at nine.
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