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MEXICAN SUNFLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican sunflower mean?
• MEXICAN SUNFLOWER (noun)
The noun MEXICAN SUNFLOWER has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: MEXICAN SUNFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Mexican sunflower; tithonia
Hypernyms ("Mexican sunflower" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("Mexican sunflower" is a member of...):
genus Tithonia (genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America: Mexican sunflower)
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