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sunflower

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.ə/
  • General-American: /ˈsʌn.flaʊ.əɹ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌnflaʊə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N F L AW2 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The ship of characters Sunny and Basil from the videogame Omori.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: lifestyle

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers.

The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus, a native of America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any flat, radially symmetric organic compound, such as coronene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Synonym of worm-star.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: worm-star

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An Automatic Warning System (AWS) indicator in the driver's cab that is displayed after a driver has acknowledged an audible warning, which consists of a yellow circle enclosing a white circle, with black spokes overlaid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: helianthus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower

Narrower terms: swamp sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius, common sunflower, mirasol, Helianthus annuus, giant sunflower, tall sunflower, Indian potato, Helianthus giganteus, showy sunflower, Helianthus laetiflorus, Maximilian's sunflower, Helianthus maximilianii, prairie sunflower, Helianthus petiolaris, Jerusalem artichoke, girasol, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus

History

Etymology

From sunflower, in reference to Sunny's name and Basil's flower crown.

Compound of sun + flower. Compare English sunbloom.

Across languages

Translations

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sonneblom — flower
  • Albanian: lule dielli — flower
  • Albanian: lulediell — flower
  • Arabic: زَهْرَة اَلشَّمْس (zahrat aš-šams) — flower
  • Arabic: دَوَّار اَلشَّمْس (dawwār aš-šams) — flower
  • Armenian: արեւածաղիկ (arewacaġik) — flower
  • Asturian: mirasol — flower
  • Asturian: xirasol — flower
  • Azerbaijani: günəbaxan — flower
  • Bashkir: көнбағыш (könbağış) — flower
  • Bashkir: симешкә (simeşkə) — flower
  • Basque: ekilore — flower
  • Belarusian: слане́чнік (slanjéčnik) — flower
  • Bengali: সূর্যমুখী (śurjomukhi) — flower
  • Central Bikol: mirasol — flower
  • Breton: tro-heol — flower
  • Bulgarian: слънчоглед (slǎnčogled) — flower
  • Burmese: နေကြာ (ne-kra) — flower
  • Catalan: gira-sol — flower
  • Catalan: mira-sol — flower
  • Cherokee: Ꮕ⁠Ꮣ⁠Ꮧ⁠Ꭷ⁠Ꮒ — flower
  • Chinese Cantonese: 向日葵 (hoeng3 jat6 kwai4) — flower
  • Chinese: 日頭花 /日头花 (zh-min-nan) — flower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí) — flower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日頭花 /日头花 (rìtóuhuā) — flower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葵花 (kuíhuā) — flower
  • Cornish: howlvleujen — flower
  • Crimean Tatar: künaylan — flower
  • Czech: slunečnice — flower
  • Danish: solsikke — flower
  • Dutch: zonnebloem — flower
  • Dzongkha: ཉིམ་གང་ཤར (nyim gang shar) — flower
  • Esperanto: sunfloro — flower
  • Estonian: päevalill — flower
  • Faroese: sólblóma — flower
  • Finnish: auringonkukka — flower
  • French: tournesol — flower
  • Galician: mirasol — flower
  • Galician: xirasol — flower
  • Georgian: მზესუმზირა (mzesumzira) — flower
  • German: Sonnenblume — flower
  • Greek: ηλίανθος (ilíanthos) — flower
  • Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) — flower
  • Greenlandic: solsikke — flower
  • Gujarati: સૂર્યમુખી (sūryamukhī) — flower
  • Hawaiian: nānālā — flower
  • Hebrew: חמנית (chammanit) — flower
  • Hindi: सूर्यमुखी (sūryamukhī) — flower
  • Hindi: सूरजमुखी (sūrajmukhī) — flower
  • Hungarian: napraforgó — flower
  • Icelandic: sólblóm — flower
  • Ido: sunfloro — flower
  • Indonesian: bunga matahari — flower
  • Ingush: гидуарг (gidwarg) — flower
  • Irish: lus na gréine — flower
  • Italian: girasole — flower
  • Japanese: 向日葵 (himawari) — flower
  • Kalmyk: нарн цецг (narn tsetsg) — flower
  • Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯಕಾಂತಿ (sūryakānti) — flower
  • Kazakh: күнбағар (künbağar) — flower
  • Kazakh: күнбағыс (künbağys) — flower
  • Khmer: ឈូករតន៍ (chuuk roatta) — flower
  • Khmer: ផ្កាឈូករ័ត្ន (phkaachuukrŏətnɑɑ) — flower
  • Khmer: ឈូករ័ត្ន (chuuk rŏət) — flower
  • Korean: 해바라기 (haebaragi) — flower
  • Central Kurdish: گوڵەبەڕۆژە (gulleberroje) — flower
  • Northern Kurdish: gulberroj — flower
  • Lakota: waȟčázi — flower
  • Lao: ດອກຕາເວັນ (dǭk tā wen) — flower
  • Latvian: saulespuķe — flower
  • Lithuanian: saulėgrąža — flower
  • Macedonian: со́нчоглед (sónčogled) — flower
  • Malagasy: tanamasoandro — flower
  • Malay: bunga matahari — flower
  • Malay: kembang matahari — flower
  • Malayalam: സൂര്യകാന്തി (sūryakānti) — flower
  • Maltese: ġirasol — flower
  • Manx: lus ny greiney — flower
  • Marathi: सूर्यफूल (sūryaphūl) — flower
  • Marathi: सूर्यकमळी (sūryakamḷī) — flower
  • Mongolian: наранцэцэг (naranceceg) — flower
  • Nahuatl: chīmalxōchitl — flower
  • Navajo: ndíyíliitsoh — flower
  • Navajo: nidíyílii — flower
  • Nepali: सूर्यमुखी (sūryamukhī) — flower
  • Norman: tournésol — flower
  • Norwegian: solsikke — flower
  • Occitan: virasolelh — flower
  • Pannonian Rusyn: слунечнїк (slunečnjik) — flower
  • Pashto: کاپر ګل (kapər gul) — flower
  • Pashto: لمر ګل (lemər gul) — flower
  • Pashto: مېر ګل (meyr gul) — flower
  • Persian: آفتابگردان (âftâb-gardân) — flower
  • Piedmontese: virassol — flower
  • Plautdietsch: Sonnenbloom — flower
  • Polish: słonecznik — flower
  • Portuguese: girassol — flower
  • Portuguese: helianto — flower
  • Portuguese: heliotrópio — flower
  • Portuguese: tornassol — flower
  • Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜਮੁਖੀ (sūrjamukhī) — flower
  • Romagnol: ẓirasôl — flower
  • Romanian: floarea soarelui — flower
  • Russian: подсо́лнечник (podsólnečnik) — flower
  • Russian: подсо́лнух (podsólnux) — flower
  • Northern Sami: beaivvášrássi — flower
  • Sanskrit: सूर्यमुखी (sūryamukhī) — flower
  • Scottish Gaelic: neòinean-grèine — flower
  • Serbo-Croatian: сунцокрет — flower
  • Serbo-Croatian: сунцоглед — flower
  • Serbo-Croatian: suncokret — flower
  • Serbo-Croatian: suncogled — flower
  • Sinhalese: සූරියකාන්ත (sūriyakānta) — flower
  • Slovak: slnečnica — flower
  • Slovene: sončnica — flower
  • Lower Sorbian: słyńca — flower
  • Lower Sorbian: słyńco — flower
  • Upper Sorbian: słónčnica — flower
  • Spanish: girasol — flower
  • Spanish: tornasol — flower
  • Spanish: mirasol — flower
  • Spanish: maravilla — flower
  • Swahili: alizeti — flower
  • Swedish: solros — flower
  • Tagalog: mirasol — flower
  • Tagalog: hirasol — flower
  • Tamil: சூரியகாந்தி (cūriyakānti) — flower
  • Telugu: పొద్దుతిరుగుడు (poddutiruguḍu) — flower
  • Telugu: ప్రొద్దుతిరుగుడు (proddutiruguḍu) — flower
  • Telugu: తిరుగుడు పువ్వు (tiruguḍu puvvu) — flower
  • Telugu: ప్రొద్దుతిరుగుడు పువ్వు (proddutiruguḍu puvvu) — flower
  • Thai: ดอกทานตะวัน — flower
  • Turkish: ayçiçeği — flower
  • Turkish: gündöndü — flower
  • Turkish: günebakan — flower
  • Turkish: şemşamer çiçeği — flower
  • Ottoman Turkish: گون چیچكی (gün çiçeği) — flower
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوه طبانی (deve tabani) — flower
  • Ottoman Turkish: شمشامر چیچگی (şemşamer çiçeği) — flower
  • Ukrainian: со́няшник (sónjašnyk) — flower
  • Ukrainian: со́нях (sónjax) — flower
  • Unami: òxeataès — flower
  • Urdu: سوریہ مکھی (sūrya-mukhī) — flower
  • Urdu: سورج مکھی (sūraj-mukhī) — flower
  • Uyghur: ئاپتاپپەرەس (aptapperes) — flower
  • Uzbek: kungaboqar — flower
  • Vietnamese: hướng dương — flower
  • Vietnamese: hướng dương quỳ tử — flower
  • Vietnamese: thiên quỳ tử — flower
  • Võro: päävälill — flower
  • Welsh: blodyn haul — flower
  • Yiddish: זונרויז (zunroyz) — flower
  • Yiddish: סאָנישניק (sonishnik) — flower
  • Finnish: kirkkaan oranssi — colour
  • Hungarian: napraforgósárga — colour
  • Ido: sunflorea — colour
  • Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj) — colour
  • Ukrainian: жо̀втогаря́чий (žòvtoharjáčyj) — colour
Real reading context

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