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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:
- sunflower - sunflower sunflower, any plant of the genus Helianthus of the family Asteraceae (aster family), ...
- Sunflower - Sunflower (The). Clytie, a waternymph, was in love with Apollo, but meeting no return, she died and ...
- Helianthus - Helianthus Helianthus : see sunflower.
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