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Daisy vs Sunflower - What's the difference?

daisy | sunflower |

As nouns the difference between daisy and sunflower

is that daisy is a wild flowering plant species: Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals 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.

As a proper noun Daisy

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

daisy

English

(wikipedia daisy)

Noun

(daisies)
  • A wild flowering plant of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
  • Many other flowering plants of various species.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) boots or other footwear. From daisy roots.
  • Derived terms

    {{der3, daisy chain , fresh as a daisy , pushing up daisies , whoops-a-daisy, whoopsy-daisy, upsy-daisy}}

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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

    See also

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