English - Ojibwe Dictionary:
Synonyms of the word "sunflower":
The definition of word "sunflower":
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1. tall plant with a large yellow-petalled flower that produces edible seeds |
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2. Any of 60 species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Helianthus (composite family), native mostly to North and South America. The common sunflower (H. annuus) has a rough, hairy stem 3–15 ft (1–4.5 m) high; broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves 3–12 in. (7.5–30 cm) long; and large (3–6 in., or 7.5–15 cm, in diameter), flat, platelike compound flowers. Disk flowers swirl in a tight brown, yellow, or purple spiral; ray flowers are yellow. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The oil is used for cooking, as an ingredient of soaps and paints and as a lubricant. Only a few species are cultivated, some for their spectacular size.; Sunflower (Helianthus annuus); John H. Gerard |
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3. plant of the genus Helianthus of the family Asteraceae, native primarily to North and South America. The common sunflower is an annual herb with a rough hairy stem 14.5 m (315 feet) high, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves 7.530 cm (312 inches) long and heads of flowers 7.515 cm wide in wild specimens and often 0.3 m or more in cultivated types. The disk flowers are brown, yellow or purple; the ray flowers are yellow. The oval hairy leaves are arranged in spirals. The sunflower plant is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The yellow, sweet oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried or roasted. Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, France, the United States and China are the leading producers of sunflower seed. Field of sunflowers on a farm in the Assiniboine River valley near Carberry, Manitoba. Of the approximately 60 species of Helianthus, only a few are cultivated, some for their spectacular size. They are tall, hardy annual or perennial herbs, several of which can be grown in gardens with moderately good soil. The Jerusalem artichoke (H. tuberosus) is cultivated for its edible underground tubers. |
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4. n a plant usually having a very tall stem and a single large round flat yellow flower, with many long thin narrow petals close together Sunflowers are sometimes grown commercially for their seeds which can be eaten or used for making cooking oil. I tend to cook with sunflower oil. See picture: Flowers and plants |
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We have found the following ojibwe words and translations for "sunflower":
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