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SUNRAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ray of sunlight
Synonyms:
sunbeam; sunray
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("sunray" is a kind of...):
beam; beam of light; irradiation; light beam; ray; ray of light; shaft; shaft of light (a column of light (as from a beacon))
Holonyms ("sunray" is a part of...):
sun; sunlight; sunshine (the rays of the sun)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
Synonyms:
sun-ray; sunray
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("sunray" is a kind of...):
ultraviolet; ultraviolet illumination; ultraviolet light; ultraviolet radiation; UV (radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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; sunray
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sunray" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("sunray" is a member of...):
Enceliopsis; genus Enceliopsis (small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States)
