TITHONIA

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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