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Helianthus

Helianthus

See also: helianthus

Translingual

Helianthus tuberosus

Proper noun

Helianthus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the sunflowers.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

  1. Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  2. Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

helianthus

helianthus

See also: Helianthus

English

Wikispecies

Noun

helianthus (plural helianthuses)

  1. Any plant, of the genus Helianthus, having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays; the sunflowers