noun
any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays
• Syn: ↑Mexican sunflower
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Tithonia
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\\tə̇ˈthōnēə, -nyə\ nounEtymology: New Latin, probably from Latin Tithonis, poetical name of Aurora, goddess of the dawn (from her marriage to Tithonus, son of Laomedon) + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of tall herbs (family Compositae) that are natives of Mexico and Central America but grown farther north as annual ornamentals and have alternate leaves and flower heads resembling sunflowers
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/ti thoh"nee euh, -thohn"yeuh/, n.
any of several tall composite plants of the genus Tithonia, native to Mexico and Central America, having yellow or orange-red ray flowers. Also called Mexican sunflower.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.