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Acorn vs Sunflower - What's the difference?

acorn | sunflower |

As nouns the difference between acorn and sunflower

is that acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while sunflower is any plant of the genus helianthus , so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers.

acorn

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  • (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  • (zoology) See acorn-shell .
  • (slang, usually in plural) A testicle.

    • Derived terms

    * acorn cup * acorn nut * acorn squash * eggcorn * ride a horse foaled by an acorn

    Holonyms

    * (fruit of an oak) oak

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

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    sunflower

    English

    Noun

  • Any plant of the genus Helianthus , so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers
  • # The commonly cultivated species, Helianthus annuus , a native of America.
  • (colour) a bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.

    • Derived terms

    * sunflowerlike * sunflower oil * sunflowery * The Sunflower State

    Related terms

    * sunchoke

    See also

    * blueweed * girasol * helianthus * Jerusalem artichoke * moonflower *

    External links

    * ("sunflower" on Wikipedia) * (Helianthus) * (Helianthus) * *