common sunflower

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   annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America

   SynonymsmirasolHelianthus annuus

   Broadersunflower

   Partssunflower seed

Questions about common sunflower

What does common sunflower mean?

common sunflower means "annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America".

What is another word for common sunflower?

Close synonyms include mirasol, Helianthus annuus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common sunflower a common word?

common sunflower is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.