tithonia

[ti-thoh-nee-uh, -thohn-yuh]

ti·tho·ni·a

[ti-thoh-nee-uh, -thohn-yuh]
noun
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.


Origin:
1935–40; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to Latin Tīthōn(us) husband of Aurora + -ia -ia
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tithonia

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
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