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Noun: tithonia
  1. 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
    - Mexican sunflower

Derived forms: tithonias

Type of: flower

Part of: genus Tithonia

Encyclopedia: Tithonia