TITHONIA


Meaning of TITHONIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tə-ˈthō-nyə, tī-, -nē-ə ]

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

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