Definitions

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  • noun botany A variety of sunflower seed intended to produce healthier sunflower oil.

Etymologies

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sun +‎ seed

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Examples

  • Although it was supposed to be something of a secret that the Sixth Wing was going to try to retake Stelvi Pass, enough people knew that the area would look as if the birds had learned of a major sunseed spill there.

    The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994

  • In Europe, we expect strong sunseed margins as they have had a large crop and demand is strong as the rapeseed crop has been smaller and will a little bit short.

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  • In Europe, we'll benefit from the large sunseed crop as there is much more oil available for processing and should let us expand our margins a bit.

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  • Europe, lower rapeseed processing margins due to the small crop should be more than offset by excellent margins in sunseed processing, which should benefit from the record large harvest and strong demand.

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  • In Europe, the smaller rapeseed crop due to poor weather may pressure margins; however, the sunseed harvest is expected to be large, providing an offset, as should imports from the Americas.

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  • Look how much we have expanded canola, rapeseed, sunseed.

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  • Europe, lower rapeseed processing margins due to the small crop should be more than offset by excellent margins in sunseed processing, which should benefit from the record large harvest and strong demand.

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  • Europe, which were impacted by tight raw material supplies in certain regions due to the late sunseed harvest.

    Bunge Reports Strong Third Quarter Results - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Ukrainian sunseed refineries - over 30 large ones and almost 1,000 small - have the capacity to process about 8.5 million tons of sunseed per year.

    www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • "Most of sunseed exporters now have their own sunoil refineries," he said.

    www.kyivpost.com 2009

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