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tithonia
noun[ C or U ]
uk /tɪˈθəʊ.ni.ə/ us /təˈθoʊ.ni.ə/
a plant with many yellow or orange flowers, originally from Mexico:
Last year I lost tithonia, the Mexican sunflower, to a late frost.
Many gardeners will have already sown annuals such as tithonias.
Synonym
Mexican sunflower
In November all the tender plants we habitually grow, such as leonotis, tithonia, salvia, and cosmos, were still blooming lustily.
Tithonia look effective when combined with silvery foliage.
The greenhouse and cold frames are now crammed with seedlings of sunflowers, cosmos, cornflowers, tithonias, and many others.
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