Pronunciation: t ə - ' th ō -ny ə , t ī -, -n ē - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin Tithonia, poetic name of Aurora
Date: 1940
: any of a genus ( Tithonia ) of tall composite herbs or shrubs of Mexico and Central America that have flower heads resembling sunflowers and that are sometimes grown as ornamentals