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Definition of Tithonia
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.
Definition of Tithonia
1. a tall herb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tithonia
Literary usage of Tithonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands by J. Pender, Frank Place, S. Ehui (2006)
"Profitability was higher if tithonia was collected from existing niches (to reduce
... Because the tithonia gave higher net economic returns than equivalent ..."
2. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"The seeds of tithonia are besides very long, and crowned with four or five paleas
only. The seeds of this very ornamental plant • In the ..."
3. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"tithonia tuba; for in is Cass. Herb 18 inches high, common on open grounds near
Izamal, July to March (489, 518.) TRIDAX PROCUMBENS Linn. ..."
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