Definition of Girasole

1. n. See Heliotrope.

Definition of Girasole

1. girasol [n -S] - See also: girasol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Girasole

giraffe weevil
giraffe weevils
giraffelike
giraffes
giraffid
giraffids
giraffine
giraffish
giraffoid
giraffoids
girandola
girandolas
girandole
girandoles
girasol
girasole (current term)
girasole girasol
girasoles
girasols
giraudite
gird
gird up one's loins
girded
girder
girderless
girderlike
girders
girdest
girdeth
girding

Literary usage of Girasole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Baron by James De Mille (1872)
"It was girasole. He came into'the room with a small lamp, holding his hand in front of the ... With these words girasole led the way out into the hall, ..."

2. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"Jerusalem Artichoke, Earth Apple, Canada Potato, girasole (H. tuberosus), often called Wild Sunflower, too, has an interesting history similar to the ..."

3. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"Italian, girasole; fior del sol; corona del sole; girasole Indiano ... sun-turner] ; girasole Peruano. THE Sun-flower can scarcely be introduced here with ..."

4. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"Italian, girasole; fior del sol; corona del sole; girasole Indiano [Indian sun-turner] ; girasole Peruano. THE Sun-flower can scarcely be introduced here ..."

5. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"Jerusalem Artichoke, Earth Apple, Canada Potato, girasole (H. tuberosus), often called Wild Sunflower, too, has an interesting history similar to the ..."

6. First Book of Botany: Being an Introduction to the Study of the Anatomy and by John Hutton Balfour (1873)
"The direction of the flowers of some plants seems to be influenced by the sun's rays; and the name girasole, or sunflower, was given from an impression that ..."

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