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ce·lo·sia  (s-lzh, -zh-)

n.

See cockscomb.

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

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