[ti-thoh-nee-uh, -thohn-yuh] 
| any of several tall composite plants of the genus Tithonia, native to Mexico and Central America, having yellow or orange-red ray flowers. |
| tithonia | |
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| 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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