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sunflower seed

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible seed

History

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արեւածաղկի սերմ (arewacaġki serm) — seed of a sunflower
  • Armenian: սեմուշկա (semuška) — seed of a sunflower
  • Bashkir: көнбағыш орлоғо (könbağış orloğo) — seed of a sunflower
  • Bashkir: симешкә (simeşkə) — seed of a sunflower
  • Catalan: pipa — seed of a sunflower
  • Catalan: pipa de gira-sol — seed of a sunflower
  • Catalan: llavor de gira-sol — seed of a sunflower
  • Chinese Cantonese: 葵花籽 (kwai4 faa1 zi2) — seed of a sunflower
  • Chinese Cantonese: 摩登瓜子 (mo1 dang1 gwaa1 zi2) — seed of a sunflower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 向日葵子 (xiàngrìkuízǐ) — seed of a sunflower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ) — seed of a sunflower
  • Dutch: zonnebloempit — seed of a sunflower
  • Esperanto: sunflorgrajno — seed of a sunflower
  • Faroese: sólblómufræ — seed of a sunflower
  • Finnish: auringonkukansiemen — seed of a sunflower
  • French: graine de tournesol — seed of a sunflower
  • Georgian: მზესუმზირა (mzesumzira) — seed of a sunflower
  • German: Sonnenblumenkern — seed of a sunflower
  • Greek: ηλιόσπορος (iliósporos) — seed of a sunflower
  • Hebrew: גרעין חמנית — seed of a sunflower
  • Hebrew: גרעין חמניה — seed of a sunflower
  • Hebrew: גרעין שחור — seed of a sunflower
  • Hungarian: napraforgómag — seed of a sunflower
  • Hungarian: szotyola — seed of a sunflower
  • Hungarian: szotyi — seed of a sunflower
  • Korean: 해바라기씨 (haebaragissi) — seed of a sunflower
  • Mazanderani: سمشکه (semeške) — seed of a sunflower
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solsikkefrø — seed of a sunflower
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solsikkefrø — seed of a sunflower
  • Persian: تخمه آفتابگردان (toxme âftâbgardân) — seed of a sunflower
  • Polish: nasiono słonecznika — seed of a sunflower
  • Portuguese: semente de girassol — seed of a sunflower
  • Russian: подсо́лнечное се́мечко (podsólnečnoje sémečko) — seed of a sunflower
  • Russian: often seen as the се́мечки n pl per se (sémečki) — seed of a sunflower
  • Serbo-Croatian: suncokretova sjemenka — seed of a sunflower
  • Spanish: pipa — seed of a sunflower
  • Spanish: pipa de girasol — seed of a sunflower
  • Spanish: semilla de girasol — seed of a sunflower
  • Spanish: maravilla — seed of a sunflower
  • Swedish: solrosfrö — seed of a sunflower
  • Turkish: ayçiçeği tohumu — seed of a sunflower
  • Turkish: çiğdem — seed of a sunflower
  • Turkish: şemşamer — seed of a sunflower