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Sunflower(The). Clytie, a waternymph, was in love with Apollo, but meeting no return, she died and was changed into a sunflower, which still turns to the sun through its daily course. The sunflower turns on the god, when lie sets, The same look which she turned when he rose. T. Moore: (Believe me if all those endearing young charms). I will not have the mad Clytie, Whose head is turned by the sun. Hood. What we call a sunflower is the Helianthus, so called, not because it follows the sun, but because it resembles a picture sun. A bed of these flowers will turn in every direction, regardless of the sun. The Turnsole is the Heliotropium, quite another order of plants. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Sunflower from Infoplease:
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