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celosia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: CH EH0 L OW1 S IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Celosia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: caryophylloid dicot genus

History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Celosia.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِيلُوسِيَا (sīlūsiyā) — Translations
  • Arabic: قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa) — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: seloziya — Translations
  • Belarusian: цэло́зія (celózija) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青葙 (qīngxiāng) — Translations
  • Min Nan Chinese: 青葙 (chhen-siun) — Translations
  • Esperanto: celozio — Translations
  • Estonian: mätashari — Translations
  • Finnish: kukonharja — Translations
  • French: célosie — Translations
  • German: Brandschopf — Translations
  • Greek: κήλεος (kíleos) — Translations
  • Hungarian: celózia — Translations
  • Hungarian: magyarparéj — Translations
  • Italian: celosia — Translations
  • Polish: celozja — Translations
  • Russian: цело́зия (celózija) — Translations
  • Upper Sorbian: hrjebjenačk — Translations
  • Ukrainian: цело́зія (celózija) — Translations
  • Vietnamese: mào gà — Translations
  • Vietnamese: kê quan — Translations
  • Vietnamese: kê đầu — Translations
  • Vietnamese: mồng gà — Translations
  • Zazaki: selmug — Translations