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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Heliantheae — thesunflowers .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I omitted to say that the word Helianthus is Greek for sunflower.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Various
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The sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is a North American plant whose wild form looks like an aster or large daisy.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is a North American plant whose wild form looks like an aster or large daisy.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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A couple of wannabes that I have on the place out by the pond are Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem artichoke.
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The sunchoke is the nonfibrous, plump tuber of a North American sunflower Helianthus tuberosus, whose traditional and obscure name is “Jerusalem artichoke.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Sunflower Seeds The flower of Helianthus annuus, the only North American native to become a significant world crop, is a composite of a hundred or more small flowers, each of which produces a small fruit like the “seed” of the strawberry, a single seed contained in a thin hull.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The sunchoke is the nonfibrous, plump tuber of a North American sunflower Helianthus tuberosus, whose traditional and obscure name is “Jerusalem artichoke.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Prehistoric sunflower Helianthus annuus L. domestication in Mexico.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Sunflower Seeds The flower of Helianthus annuus, the only North American native to become a significant world crop, is a composite of a hundred or more small flowers, each of which produces a small fruit like the “seed” of the strawberry, a single seed contained in a thin hull.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Prehistoric sunflower Helianthus annuus L. domestication in Mexico.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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