celosia
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A garden plant with bright, feathery flowers
- noun
- /səˈloʊziə/
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celosia
- In tropical gardens, celosia is often planted for its colorful, plume-like flowers.
Examples
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Kind of a quick overview, we have sunflowers, amaranth, zinnias, celosia stuff over in that quadrant.
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This is a celosia celosia celosia Selway Terracotta.
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The vibrant celosia flowers attracted many butterflies to the yard.
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If you're looking for bright flowers, a number of annuals grow well when started indoors: calendula, marigolds, bachelor's buttons, asters, or celosia.
Compounds
Celosia argentea
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A plant that lives one year and has tall silvery flower spikes often seen as a weed
Celosia argentea cristata
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A garden plant with bright, feathery flower spikes in red or yellow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celosia comes from the Greek root kelos, which means 'burning', because the plant's bright, feathery flowers look like small flames. So celosia is a name that fits these plants with vivid, flame-like blooms.