You can eat sunflower seeds raw or toasted as a snack or on a salad. Blend them into a spread or dressing. Grind them with beans and vegetables for a delicious burger patty or loaf.
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A sunflower seed is an achene which means a simple dry fruit. The sunflower seed are referred to as the fruit of the Sunflower because it is produce by the plant.
in late spring,sunflower seed will germinate
There is no need to do this with domesticated sunflower seed.
The shell of a sunflower which is white and black striped protects the seed inside of it. The seed, if planted becomes a sunflower plant.
Yes! Squirrels love sunflower seeds. You can attract squirrels with the seeds, but if the seeds are for the birds, good luck to you trying to keep the squirrels out! They are clever creatures, and do impressive acrobatics just to get at the seed!
No, it is a dicot.
A sunflower seed is the fruit of the sunflower. The seed is referred to as a achene when it is inside of its shell or pericarp.
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it depends on the type of sunflower
U.S. sunflower seed production was 2.49 billion pounds in 2002
U.S. sunflower seed production was 3.54 billion pounds in 2000