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# sunflower

noun (a sunflower, sunflowers)

«sunflower» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A very tall plant with a large flower that has a brown centre and yellow petals. Its seeds can be eaten or made into oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, pupils grow sunflowers and measure how tall they get each week, a good activity for graphs. Young sunflowers turn their heads to follow the sun. Sunflower seeds are food for people and birds. Phrases: sunflower seeds, sunflower oil, grow a sunflower.

### Examples

- Our sunflower grew taller than my dad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#x1)
- We measured the sunflower every week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#x2)
- Birds love sunflower seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#x3)
- Sunflower oil is used for cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#x4)
- Van Gogh painted famous pictures of sunflowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#x5)
- The sunflower's head is full of seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a sunflower, sunflowers. One word. Myth: grown-up sunflowers do not keep turning all day; mostly young plants follow the sun, and old flowers usually face east. In maths, the sunflower's height over time makes a good line graph.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sunflower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunflower/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sunflower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sunflower.html) on Mova free.