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tithonia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɪˈθəʊ.ni.ə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /taɪˈ-/
  • General-American: /tɪˈθoʊ.ni.ə/
  • General-American: /taɪˈ-/
  • rhymes with -əʊniə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the genus Tithonia of flowering plants in the sunflower tribe (Heliantheae) within the family Asteraceae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mexican sunflower

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower

History

Etymology

From the genus name.