ce·lo·sia (s -l  zh, -zh -)n. See cockscomb. [New Latin C losia, genus name, from Greek klos, dry, burnt (from its color), from kaiein, to burn.] |
celosia [səˈləʊsɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See cockscomb [2]
[New Latin, from Greek kēlos dry, burnt (from the appearance of the flowers of some species)]
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| Noun | 1. |  Celosia - annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Celosia argentea, red fox - weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers |
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