Sunflower vs Dyc - What's the difference?
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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.
(botany) damn (or damned) yellow composite; any hard-to-identify yellow-flowered member of the sunflower family (Compositae).
* 1981 , Kent Dannen, Donna Dannen, Rocky Mountain Wildflowers? , page 29
* 1989 , Janice J. Schofield, Richard W. Tyler, Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest? , page 131
* 2002 , Graham Nicholls, Alpine Plants of North America , page 145
* 2008 , James Luther Davis, The Northwest Nature Guide , page 205
As a noun 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.sunflower
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Derived terms
* sunflowerlike * sunflower oil * sunflowery * The Sunflower StateSee also
* blueweed * girasol * helianthus * Jerusalem artichoke * moonflower *External links
* ("sunflower" on Wikipedia) * (Helianthus) * (Helianthus) * *dyc
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(Damned yellow composite) ===(en)=== (head)- At times, it seems as though all flowers are D. Y. C.' s, but these brash newcomers of all colors account for
- Herbalist Michael Moore describes Arnica as a "DYC ," or "damn yellow composite." For beginners studying flora, the yellow members of this family tend to cause confusion.
- Hymenoxys richardsonii'', like ''H. acaulis , covers a very wide range and could possibly come into the category of "just another D.Y.C. " (Damned Yellow Composite).
- The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite."