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sunray

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sunray

1
n
a ray of sunlight
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n
herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sunray
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n a ray of sunlight

Synonyms:
sunbeam
Type of:
beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light
a column of light (as from a beacon)

n a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp

Synonyms:
sun-ray
Type of:
UV, ultraviolet, ultraviolet illumination, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet radiation
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
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n herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona

Synonyms:
Enceliopsis nudicaulis
Type of:
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
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