sunflower seed

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

   Broaderedible seed

   Part ofcommon sunflower

Questions about sunflower seed

What does sunflower seed mean?

sunflower seed means "edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil".

Is sunflower seed a common word?

sunflower seed 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.