suure päikeseketast meenutava korvõisikuga kõrgekasvuline kultuurtaim (Helianthus)
any species of the genus Helianthus, N.O. Compositae, chiefly natives of N. America, having conspicuous yellow flower-heads with disk and ray suggesting a figure of the sun; esp. H. annuus, a tall-growing plant commonly cultivated for its very large showy flowers
