Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See fire opal.
- n. See Jerusalem artichoke.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mineral, also known as fire-opal. It is a transparent variety of opal, usually milk-white, bluish-white, or sky-blue, and reflects a reddish glow in any bright light, whence its name.
Wiktionary
- n. A fire opal.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors
- n. tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers
Etymologies
- Spanish (Wiktionary)
- Italian girasole, sunflower, opal : girare, to turn; see girandole + sole, sun (from Latin sōl; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Combine el aguacate, la papaya, el camarón, el chile morrón y las semillas de girasol en un recipiente grande.”
“The Shadow is at his desk, researching a situation, girasol ring flickering as usual.”
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Blackmail Ring - Maxwell Grant
“A gold ring featuring a large girasol, an orange-yellow variety of precious opal, gleamed faintly in the light.”
“Others have curious flashes of light, technically called a "play" of light (as described in Chapter VI. on "Colour"), together with a curious blue opalescence; these are the "girasol.”
“From this girasol we have made Jerusalem, and from the Jerusalem artichoke we make”
“(Soy sauce roasted ajonjolí, mijo rojo, girasol y pepitas.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘girasol’.
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gynaecology, gynaecomania, gyromancy, gyrograph, gyve, gyrus, gyron, gynaecocracy, gyrose, gynics, gutturotetany, gymnophobia and 439 more...
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ready,aim, pyre
words with pyr or the sense of fire
pyrachanta, pyral, pyralis, pyrex, pyrexia, pyrite, pyrena, pyrene, pyrenees, pyrethroid, pyretology, pyrgom and 76 more...
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Whence
Definitions with a whence in them.
girasol, spider, Good King Whenceslas, Æ, whence, narwhal, lithophyse, henbane, gamboge, cirripedia, thermifugine, zietrisikite and 42 more...
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There's a word for that?
temerity, tacit, froward, faineant, caterwaul, menagerie, ennui, sine qua non, lissom, multifarious, laconic, katzenjammer and 240 more...
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What David Foster Wallace circled in ...
ablative, ablaut, abulia, acephalous, ACTH, adit, adumbrate, agrapha, ailanthus, aleatory, alfresco, algolagnia and 474 more...
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What David Foster Wallace Circled in ...
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ablative absolute, ablaut, abulia, acephalous, ACTH, adit, adumbrate, agrapha, aleatory, ailanthus, alfresco, algolagnia and 482 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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words I learnt from freerice.com
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lacustrine, recondite, tergiversate, verticil, azoth, videlicet, sinciput, valetudinarian, verecund, curvet, vaticination, slumgullion and 4 more...
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Words from freerice.com
foolscap, tabor, pilus, carom, pomelo, pluton, bulbul, dhole, duenna, poniard, breviary, bollix and 88 more...
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squip's list
thee words are BAMFs.
Tweets
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