单词 | celosia |
释义 | celosia[ si-loh-zhuh, -zhee-uh ] / sɪˈloʊ ʒə, -ʒi ə / nounany plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.Compare cockscomb (def. 3). Origin of celosia<New Latin (Linnaeus), apparently an irregular derivative of Greek kḗleos burning, from the burnt appearance of the flowers of some species; see -ia Words nearby celosiacelonychia, celophlebitis, celoschisis, celoscope, celoscopy, celosia, celosomia, Celotex, celotomy, celozoic, Cels. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for celosia
British Dictionary definitions for celosiacelosia / (səˈləʊsɪə) / nounSee cockscomb (def. 2) Word Origin for celosiaNew Latin, from Greek kēlos dry, burnt (from the appearance of the flowers of some species) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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