HELIANTHUS ANNUUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helianthus annuus mean? 

• HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (noun)
  The noun HELIANTHUS ANNUUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HELIANTHUS ANNUUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common sunflower; Helianthus annuus; mirasol

Hypernyms ("Helianthus annuus" is a kind of...):

helianthus; sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays)

Meronyms (parts of "Helianthus annuus"):

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