sunray adj : pleated or tucked in lines radiating from a circular edge; "blouse with a sunburst yoke"; "sunray fan pleats below the hips" [syn: {sunburst}] sunray n 1: a ray of sunlight [syn: {sunbeam}] 2: herb having a basal cluster of gray-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona [syn: {Enceliopsis nudicaulis}] 3: a ray of artifical ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp [syn: {sun-ray}]