Definition of Genus Celosia

1. Noun. Annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa.

Exact synonyms: Celosia
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Amaranth Family, Amaranthaceae, Family Amaranthaceae
Member holonyms: Celosia Argentea, Red Fox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Celosia

genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus
genus Cattleya
genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia (current term)
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus

Literary usage of Genus Celosia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"... of the gardeners belong to the genus CELOSIA, and are natives of warm countries. They are reared in hotbeds and, when planted out in pots, ..."

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