Gerund Word Explorer
Compound word

Sunflower

Sunflower

A tall plant with a very large yellow flower; young plants follow the sun.

Meera's sunflower grew taller than the gate of her house in Pune.

Remember: Sun + flower. A closed compound: written as one word, no space, no hyphen.

Short lessonCompounds, blends & clippingsEnglish makes new words by joining words, fusing parts of words, or cutting words short. This is called word formation.

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