Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sun-ray

1 sense of sun-ray

Sense 1
sunray, sun-ray -- (a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp)
       => ultraviolet, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV -- (radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays)


2 of 3 senses of sunray

Sense 1
sunbeam, sunray -- (a ray of sunlight)
       => beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation -- (a column of light (as from a beacon))

Sense 2
sunray, Enceliopsis nudicaulis -- (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)
       => wildflower, wild flower -- (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)