单词 | celosia |
释义 | celosian. Botany. A plant of the amaranthaceous genus so named, esp. the cockscomb, Celosia cristata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants floramour1548 purple velvet flower1548 velvet-flower1548 Balder-herb1552 flower-gentle1561 passevelours1597 love lies bleeding1664 prince's feather1668 symphonia1728 tricolour1786 celosia1807 Joseph's coat1866 thrumwort1866 1807 T. Martyn Miller's Gardener's & Botanist's Dict. (rev. ed.) I. i. (at cited word) Celosias or Cock's-combs, are all herbaceous plants. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 4/2 A very fine collection of celosias, a handsome feathery flower, in shades of gold and dark crimson. 1962 Amateur Gardening 17 Feb. 4 For an unusually showy plant..nothing can be more effective than celosia or cockscomb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1807 |
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