Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunflower seed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: sun-flow-er seed
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.

Inflected Forms

sunflower seeds (plural) sunflowerseed (alternative, uncommon)

Questions

What does sunflower seed mean?: A seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.

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