Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Amarantaceæ, for the most part tropical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This celosia is one of the most thriving plants in the K-State Gardens.
Vignettes from the K-State Gardens « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the celosia, century plant and coconut palm.
Celosia, century plant and coconut palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Your celosia seeds have germinated here, were winter sowed in the milk jugs.
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The celosia for one (seed packet) and now I have dinner plate Dahlias about a foot and a half tall (tuber) bloom or not to bloom will tell the whole story of thrifty shopping.
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The celosia flower is a bright, rippled crest, as seen in this speciment in a Puerto Vallarta garden.
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Raise celosia in a greenhouse or a conservatory in cool climates.
Celosia, century plant and coconut palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Raise celosia in a greenhouse or a conservatory in cool climates.
Celosia, century plant and coconut palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the celosia, century plant and coconut palm.
Celosia, century plant and coconut palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2008
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Now it was oppositional: his zucchini against her celosia, her rabbit versus his dog.
Red 2009
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Annuals on a single stem would work, the celosia would have been good.
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