sunflower seed
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsunflowerandseed
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sunflower
noun[C]
uk/ˈsʌnˌflaʊər/us/ˈsʌnˌflaʊ.ɚ/
a plant, usually having a very tall stem and a single large, round, flat, yellow flower, with many long, thin, narrow petals ...
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seed
noun
uk/siːd/us/siːd/
a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant ...
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(Definition ofsunflowerandseedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Annually, 80 t and 63 t of expellers from pumpkin seed andsunflowerseed, respectively, are produced from organically grown oilseeds.
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Sunflowerseedyield and quality were not affected by reduced tillage19.
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Sunflowerseedyield as influenced by some agronomic and seed characters.
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The dietary supplements reviewed in connection with the control of multiple sclerosis are gluten-free diet and linoleic acid, which is present insunflowerseedoil.
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The scheme will apply to rapeseed,sunflowerseedand soya bean crops harvested in summer 1992.
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They actually planted there some 50,000 acres last season, very approximately half with groundnuts and half withsunflowerseed, and 2,000 acres of maize.
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There have been dramatic reductions in the production of maize, grain, sorghum andsunflowerseedduring the current year.
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Thesunflowerseedwill be used to produce edible oils for the manufacture of margarine, etc.
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As a matter of fact,sunflowerseedis one of the most important crops of the world today.
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The support levels for rapeseed andsunflowerseed, if one reads the sentence carefully, amount to a quota, do they not?
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The duties onsunflowerseedand safflower seed oils are necessary owing to difficulties in distinguishing these from soya bean oils.
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Crushing subsidies of about 196 mecu and 33 mecu respectively were paid onsunflowerseedand soya beans.
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The price which growers receive forsunflowerseedis a matter for arrangement with the purchaser.
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There is no reason why farmers in this country should not growsunflowerseed.
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We were asked, for instance, whethersunflowerseedwould be an acceptable oil seed in this country.
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To explore the validity of this theory, multiple sclerosis patients have been given oils such assunflowerseedoil which contain the unsaturated fat, linoleic acid.
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That means thatsunflowerseedoil can be substituted for sirloin if, for a moment, one may make the assumption that sirloin has ever found its way into sausages.
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Crops include maize, wheat, sorghum, barley,sunflowerseed, soybeans, groundnuts, sugar cane, vegetables, coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, citrus, subtropical and deciduous fruit.
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