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Sunflower vs Gerbera - What's the difference?

sunflower | gerbera |

As nouns the difference between sunflower and gerbera

is that 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 while gerbera is a daisy of the genus genus: Gerbera.

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 *

    gerbera

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A daisy of the genus .
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 9, Charles Mcgrath, The Romance of a Dozen Roses, the Gritty Reality of a Truckload, New York Times citation
  • , passage=The gerbera daisies come packed in what look like shirt boxes, their happy-face blossoms all looking outward, their stems dangling down like wires from the back of a computer. }}