ˌsanvəˈtālēə noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from F. Sanvitali died 1761 Italian mathematician (or from the Sanvitali family, many of whose members were famous) + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a small genus of chiefly tropical American annual herbs (family Compositae) having small heads with yellow or white rays, a flat receptacle, and naked or awn-tipped achenes — see creeping zinnia
2. -s : any plant of the genus Sanvitalia