celosia

ce·lo·sia

C0192500 (sə-lō′zhə, -zhē-ə)n. See cockscomb.

[New Latin Cēlosia, genus name, from Greek kēlos, dry, burnt (from its color), from kaiein, to burn.]

celosia

(səˈləʊsɪə) n (Plants) See cockscomb²[New Latin, from Greek kēlos dry, burnt (from the appearance of the flowers of some species)]

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Noun

Celosia - annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africagenus Celosiacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersamaranth family, Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubsCelosia argentea, red fox - weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers

Celosia

a genus of annual or perennial herbaceous plants of the family Amaranthaceae. The stems are erect, and the alternate leaves range from linear to ovate. The numerous small flowers are bisexual and gathered in spicate or panicled inflorescences; they are shiny, with a coloration of white, yellow, pink, or red. There are about 60 species, distributed in subtropical and tropical Africa and America. A few species occur in Asia. Best known is C. argentea, a cosmopolitan species whose cultivated forms—C. argentea var. cristata and C. argentea var. plumosa—are raised, most often in the south, as ornamental annuals known as cockscombs. The first variety has broad, fascicled, lenticular inflorescences, and the second has pyramidal panicles. The flowers are used in winter bouquets.

Celosia

Related to Celosia: Celosia argentea

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Synonyms for Celosia

noun annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa

Synonyms

genus Celosia

Related Words

caryophylloid dicot genus
amaranth family
Amaranthaceae
family Amaranthaceae
Celosia argentea
red fox

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