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Definition of Sunflower state
1. Noun. A state in midwestern United States.
Terms within: Chisholm Trail, Dodge City, Abilene, Hays, Kansas City, Lawrence, Salina, Capital Of Kansas, Topeka, Wichita, Arkansas, Arkansas River, Kansas, Kansas River, Kaw River, Neosho, Neosho River, Republican, Republican River
Group relationships: Middle West, Midwest, Midwestern United States, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: American State
Definition of Sunflower state
1. Proper noun. Kansas ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunflower State
Literary usage of Sunflower state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kansas by Frank Wilson Blackmar (1912)
"Although Senator Morehouse was the author of the law making the sunflower the
floral emblem of the state, Kansas had been called the "sunflower state" for ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1899 "While it is easy to speak of our Twentieth, Twenty- first, Twenty-second,
and Twenty-third, this does not include the boys from the sunflower state ..."
3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1906)
"... buildings, machinery and real estate in the village of Moorhead, county of
Sunflower, state of Mississippi, and elsewhere, and all its franchises, ..."
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