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TITHONIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Mexican sunflower; tithonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tithonia" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("tithonia" is a member of...):
genus Tithonia (genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America: Mexican sunflower)
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