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Definition of Tall 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 Tall Sunflower
Literary usage of Tall sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"H. giganteus L. tall sunflower. Low grounds; variable. Ionia Co.; Flint; Ann
Arbor; Alma; Macomb Co., and northward. Common. Th. *2160. ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"tall sunflower. Absolutely our finest native sunflower. Flower-heads often four
inches across, the disk small and the rays long and showy. ..."
3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"HELIANTHUS GIGANTEUS L. tall sunflower. Giant Sunflower. This is a very strong
growing perennial. It makes a fine growth of foliage, if furnished plenty of ..."
4. Michigan Flora: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by William James Beal (1904)
"... tall sunflower. Low grounds; variable. Ionia Co.; Flint; Ann Arbor; Alma;
Macomb Co. and northward. Common. ..."
5. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"tall sunflower. (Man. p. 993; I. Р-У- 3907.) In swamps and wet meadows, Me.
and Ont. to the NW Terr., south to Fla., Neb. and La—Pennsylvania: NORTHAMPTON; ..."
6. Good Words edited by Norman Macleod, Donald Macleod (1886)
"... lid there was a far-off rising sun, with a tall sunflower in the foreground
which displayed only its stalk and the reverse of its disc of outer petals. ..."
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