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Definition of Mexican sunflower
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mexican Sunflower
Literary usage of Mexican sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catskills Alive! by Francine Silverman (2003)
"What deer really like to eat are hollyhocks, impatiens, Mexican sunflower, crocus,
daylily, hosta, cardinal flower, phlox, rose, and tulip. ..."
2. Agriculture in the Tropics: An Elementary Treatise by John Christopher Willis (1914)
"All these various phenomena, the appearance of a new weed, like the Mexican
sunflower in Ceylon, the appearance of a new disease, or the springing up of a ..."
3. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1917)
"A Mexican sunflower, growing to a height of about 5 feet, with ar stem and rather
coarse lobed leaves, which are very susceptible '• tacks by aphids. ..."
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