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CELOSIA ARGENTEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Celosia argentea mean?
• CELOSIA ARGENTEA (noun)
The noun CELOSIA ARGENTEA has 1 sense:
1. weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers
Familiarity information: CELOSIA ARGENTEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Celosia argentea; red fox
Hypernyms ("Celosia argentea" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("Celosia argentea" is a member of...):
Celosia; genus Celosia (annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa)
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