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Definition of Common sunflower
1. Noun. Annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America.
Terms within: Sunflower Seed
Generic synonyms: Helianthus, Sunflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Sunflower
Literary usage of Common sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"... L. common sunflower. (Man. p. 991 ; IF/". 3900.) On prairies and in waste
places, Minn, to the N. W, Terr., Mo. and Tex. Escaped iu the east. ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... a plant of the natural order Composite!, and of the same genus with the common
Sunflower (qv), is a native of Brazil. The word Jerusalem, in the English ..."
3. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"... are inferior in size and color to those of the common sunflower. Authorities are
divided as to whether it is a native of North or South America. ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Helianthus annuus, the common sunflower, is as frequent in our gardens, perhaps,
... common sunflower. btem stout, ridged and rough, о to 10 teet high. ..."
5. Fatty Foods: Their Practical Examination. A Handbook for the Use of by Edward Richards Bolton, Cecil Revis (1913)
"Fruits of Helianthus annuus (common sunflower, x 3). 1. Whole fruit. 2.
Longitudinal section, p. Pericarp, t. Testa (or seed coat), e. ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"common sunflower. Stem 3-12 ft., rough-hairy, often mottled : Ivs. 4-12 in.
long, broadly ovate, acute, the lower cordate, coarsely serrate, rough on both ..."
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