The suffix -ivore means eater. While herbi- means herbs or plants. -Omni means all. A herbivore eats only plants and an omnivore eats anything. Humans are omnivores since we can and do eating anything. Plants like sunflowers don't eat anything. They make their own food using sunlight.
You really should learn the meaning of words like these since you come across them over and over again. They actually tell you what they mean.
The sunflower is an annual plant in the family Asteraceaeis. There are several varieties. The sunflower is a single stalked flower that produces seeds. The seeds are much used for feeding parrots, wild birds, and various pets such as rats, mice and hamsters, etc., as part of a mixed diet. The seeds can be used in cooking and will be on sale in health stores, either as seeds or as an oil. So, in a way, it is a kind of herb in cooking, but definitely not a shrub or a tree.
Short answer: YES, the sunflower can be considered an herb. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a flowering annual dicot. As an annual, it is a herbaceous plant instead of a woody plant. It is no longer used as a medicinal herb, as it was by Native Americans many centuries ago. An herb is defined as any plant used for flavoring, food, medicine or perfume. The sunflower seed is used for human food, and the sunflower leaf and seed can be used for livestock feed; therefore, the sunflower can be classified as an herb.
it is neither because it does not eat plants or meat
Tarragon is a small, shrubby herb that is a member of the sunflower family. The Russian tarragon is bitter-tasting while its French counterpart is a little sweeter.
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Leo's flower is the sunflower and Leo's herb is the laurel.
The sunflower is an annual plant in the family Asteraceaeis. There are several varieties. The sunflower is a single stalked flower that produces seeds. The seeds are much used for feeding parrots, wild birds, and various pets such as rats, mice and hamsters, etc., as part of a mixed diet. The seeds can be used in cooking and will be on sale in health stores, either as seeds or as an oil. So, in a way, it is a kind of herb in cooking, but definitely not a shrub or a tree.
herb
sunflower in Tagalog: mirasol
EVERY plant produces fruit. fruit is a "seed holder." without the fruit, and the seed it contains, no plant could reproduce itself. in the case of the sunflower, the FRUIT is the HULL surrounding the seed. the HULL is an example of a SIMPLE DRY FRUIT, otherwise known botanically as a CYPSELA.
Ligao is the Sunflower Capital of the Philippines. Altona is the Sunflower Capital of Canada. Hearne is the Sunflower Capital of Texas.
Tagalog of sunflower: mirasol
Sunflower seeds; these seeds are edible