'Tournesol' means 'sunflower' in French

 

I finally cleared the plants from around the base of the tree (they weren’t thriving in the shade) and tucked them into sunnier beds out back. I added a sunflower I found at Kroger—on sale, like it was waiting just for me. A woman asked how I’d eat it, and I laughed: “In a salad!” I hope it takes. I hope it seeds.

'Tournesol' means 'sunflower' in French. Professor Tournesol, also known as Professor Calculus, is Tintin's friend—an absent-minded professor and half-deaf physicist who invents many sophisticated devices used in the series.