Sunflower

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sunflower \Sun"flow`er\, n.
     Any plant of the genus {Helianthus}; -- so called probably
     from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk
     with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is
     {Helianthus annuus}, a native of America.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sunflower
       n : any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads
           with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays [syn: {helianthus}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Sunflower, MS (town, FIPS 71600)
    Location: 33.54662 N, 90.53839 W
    Population (1990): 729 (234 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 38778

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Sunflower -- U.S. County in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    34369
     Housing Units (2000): 10338
     Land area (2000):     693.790221 sq. miles (1796.908346 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    13.425227 sq. miles (34.771176 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    707.215448 sq. miles (1831.679522 sq. km)
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             33.587683 N, 90.583678 W
     Headwords:
      Sunflower
      Sunflower, MS
      Sunflower County
      Sunflower County, MS
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Sunflower, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    696
     Housing Units (2000): 242
     Land area (2000):     0.404824 sq. miles (1.048489 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.404824 sq. miles (1.048489 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            71600
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             33.545397 N, 90.537595 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     38778
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Sunflower, MS
      Sunflower