English noun: sunray |
1. | sunray (phenomenon) a ray of sunlight |
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| Synonyms | sunbeam |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light |
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| Part meronym | sun, sunlight, sunshine |
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2. | sunray (plant) 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 |
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| Synonyms | Enceliopsis nudicaulis |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wild flower, wildflower |
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| Member meronym | Enceliopsis, genus Enceliopsis |
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3. | sunray (phenomenon) a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp |
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| Synonyms | sun-ray |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ultraviolet, ultraviolet illumination, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet radiation, UV |
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