Definition of Celosia argentea

1. Noun. Weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Red Fox
Group relationships: Celosia, Genus Celosia
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celosia Argentea

Celebrityville
Celeste
Celestial City
Celestial Empire
Celestial Sphere
Celestin
Celestin tube
Celia
Celina
Celine
Celli
Cellini
Cellosolve
Cellosolves
Celosia
Celosia argentea
Celosia argentea cristata
Celosia cristata
Celsius
Celsius scale
Celsus' area
Celsus' papules
Celsus' vitiligo
Celsus kerion
Celt
Celt-Iberian
Celt-Iberians
Celtchar
Celtiberian
Celtiberians

Literary usage of Celosia argentea

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

1. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.), National Academies Press (2006)
"... One bears There arc 60 Celosia species but this chapter refers mainly to celosia argentea, the only one widely planted as an ornamental and food crop. ..."

2. An Epitome of the Reports of the Medical Officers to the Chinese Imperial by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon (1884)
"Tora or celosia argentea, or Thermopsis ... celosia argentea.—Seeds : ' penetrate the heart and liver,' and make heat of skin and pruritus to disappear. ..."

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