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Definition of Giant sunflower
1. Noun. Very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots.
Generic synonyms: Helianthus, Sunflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant Sunflower
Literary usage of Giant sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"giant sunflower Helianthus giganteus. Composite Family Perennial by fleshy roots
and creeping rootstocks. Stems: erect, hispid, branched near the summit. ..."
2. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"giant sunflower Helianthus giganteus. Composite Family Perennial by fleshy roots
and creeping rootstocks. Stems: erect, hispid, branched near the summit. ..."
3. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"giant sunflower Helianthus giganteus. Composite Family Perennial by fleshy roots
and creeping rootstocks. Stems : erect, hispid, branched near the summit. ..."
4. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"giant sunflower. This is a very strong growing perennial. It makes a fine growth
of foliage, if furnished plenty of moisture in a fertile soil. ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"V, 1888, p. 102. The gall (Plate XVII, Fig. 16) of this species is found on the
giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus) and sawtoothed sunflower (Helianthus ..."
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