sunflower seed

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.

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Meanings

nounsunflower seed (plural sunflower seeds)

plural sunflower seeds · alternative uncommon sunflowerseed

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

Translations

Arabic حَبّ الشَّمْسِ
  • حَبّ الشَّمْسِ (ḥabb aš-šamsi)seed of a sunflower
Catalan pipa, pipa de gira-sol
  • pipaseed of a sunflower
  • pipa de gira-solseed of a sunflower
  • llavor de gira-solseed of a sunflower
Chinese Cantonese 葵花籽, 摩登瓜子
  • 葵花籽 (kwai⁴ faa¹ zi²)seed of a sunflower
  • 摩登瓜子 (mo¹ dang¹ gwaa¹ zi²)seed of a sunflower
Chinese Mandarin 向日葵子, 葵花籽
  • 向日葵子 (xiàngrìkuízǐ)seed of a sunflower
  • 葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ)seed of a sunflower
Dutch zonnebloempit
  • zonnebloempitseed of a sunflower
Esperanto sunflorgrajno
  • sunflorgrajnoseed of a sunflower
Finnish auringonkukansiemen
  • auringonkukansiemenseed of a sunflower
French graine de tournesol
  • graine de tournesolseed of a sunflower
German Sonnenblumenkern
  • Sonnenblumenkernseed of a sunflower
Greek ηλιόσπορος
  • ηλιόσπορος (iliósporos)seed of a sunflower
Hebrew גרעין חמנית, גרעין חמניה
  • גרעין חמניתseed of a sunflower
  • גרעין חמניהseed of a sunflower
  • גרעין שחורseed of a sunflower
Hungarian napraforgómag, szotyola
  • napraforgómagseed of a sunflower
  • szotyolaseed of a sunflower
  • szotyiseed of a sunflower
Korean 해바라기씨
  • 해바라기씨 (haebaragissi)seed of a sunflower
Norwegian Bokmål solsikkefrø
  • solsikkefrøseed of a sunflower
Persian تخمه آفتابگردان
  • تخمه آفتابگردان (toxme âftâbgardân)seed of a sunflower
Polish nasiono słonecznika
  • nasiono słonecznikaseed of a sunflower
Portuguese semente de girassol
  • semente de girassolseed of a sunflower
Russian подсо́лнечное се́мечко, often seen as the се́мечки n pl per se
  • подсо́лнечное се́мечко (podsólnečnoje sémečko)seed of a sunflower
  • often seen as the се́мечки n pl per se (sémečki)seed of a sunflower
Spanish pipa, pipa de girasol
  • pipaseed of a sunflower
  • pipa de girasolseed of a sunflower
  • semilla de girasolseed of a sunflower
  • maravillaseed of a sunflower
Swedish solrosfrö
  • solrosfröseed of a sunflower
Turkish ayçiçeği tohumu, çiğdem
  • ayçiçeği tohumuseed of a sunflower
  • çiğdemseed of a sunflower
  • şemşamerseed of a sunflower
Cite this entry
APA

sunflower seed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunflower%20seed

MLA

“sunflower seed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunflower%20seed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunflower seed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunflower%20seed.

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