Definition of Showy sunflower

1. Noun. Tall rough-leaved perennial with a few large flower heads; central United States.

Exact synonyms: Helianthus Laetiflorus
Generic synonyms: Helianthus, Sunflower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Showy Sunflower

showstoppers
showstopping
showtime
showtimes
showup
showups
showwoman
showwomen
showy
showy daisy
showy goldenrod
showy lady's-slipper
showy lady slipper
showy milkweed
showy orchis
showy sunflower (current term)
showyard
showyards
showyness
shoyu
shoyus
shozoku
shpadoinkle
shpilkes
shraddha
shraddhas
shrag
shragger
shrammed

Literary usage of Showy sunflower

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

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by some to be a hybrid of H and H. tuberosus. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by some to be a hybrid of H. rigidus and H. tuberosus. ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"... often five feet high bear several flower-heads on stalks so fine that the flowers seem floating in air. The name of showy sunflower is ..."

4. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Sweet peas lend themselves admirably to decoration, as do the showy sunflower, hollyhock, and larkspur. Moss starred with small flowers is a charming idea ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by some to be a hybrid of H and H. tuberosus. ..."

6. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"showy sunflower Herbaceous perennial Old fields and stream banks. Considered by some to be a hybrid of H. rigidus and H. tuberosus. ..."

7. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"... often five feet high bear several flower-heads on stalks so fine that the flowers seem floating in air. The name of showy sunflower is ..."

8. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Sweet peas lend themselves admirably to decoration, as do the showy sunflower, hollyhock, and larkspur. Moss starred with small flowers is a charming idea ..."

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