NOUN | plant | Mexican sunflower, tithonia | any plant of the genus 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. | |
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Synonym | tithonia | |
Member of | genus Tithonia | genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America |
Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
Spanish | tithonia |
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