common sunflower

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common sunflower - annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North AmericaHelianthus annuus, mirasolsunflower seed - edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oilhelianthus, sunflower - any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays