"sunray" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sunrays [plural]
Etymology: sun + ray Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sun|ray}} sun + ray Head templates: {{en-noun}} sunray (plural sunrays)
  1. A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam. Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-sunray-en-noun-4mJ6Cyo4 Disambiguation of Light: 44 53 4
  2. A beam of artificial light, especially one rich in ultraviolet. Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-sunray-en-noun-oEz-gNV9 Disambiguation of Light: 44 53 4
  3. A plant, Enceliopsis nudicaulis, that has a broad, yellow flower head. Categories (lifeform): Heliantheae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-sunray-en-noun-Yf3pitAK Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 18 8 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 6 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 9 79

Inflected forms

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