Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as turnsol.

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Examples

  • And another tournesol from the Lot er Garonne, France!

    baba cool - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • I leave you with a photo of Smokey showing off his new bubble gum scented fourrure before a sky of tournesol fleurs.

    illico - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Now I have no excuse not to call her "ma petite tournesol ..." or something like that.

    illico - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • For now, here's our twelve-headed tournesol (around twelve flowertêtes per plant)!

    mother-in-law 2010

  • That's because I had not made a simple, first-things-first connection: behind every juicy tomato, behind every towering tournesol, * is a gardener who knows how to haul!

    garden, gardening 2009

  • For now, here's our twelve-headed tournesol around twelve flowertêtes per plant!

    mother-in-law 2010

  • Now I have no excuse not to call her "ma petite tournesol..." or something like that.

    illico - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • I leave you with a photo of Smokey showing off his new bubble gum scented fourrure before a sky of tournesol fleurs.

    illico - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12: 24 PM tournesol (sunflower)

    baba cool - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • For my wedding flowers, I did the Provencal colors of yellow and blue ... tournesol and delphiniums.

    trouver - French Word-A-Day 2008

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