[si-loh-zhuh, -zhee-uh] 
| any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes. Compare cockscomb (def. 3). |
leos burning, from the burnt appearance of the flowers of some species; see -ia 
| ce·lo·sia (sə-lō'zhə, -zhē-ə) n. See cockscomb. [New Latin Cēlosia, genus name, from Greek kēlos, dry, burnt (from its color), from kaiein, to burn.] |
| cocks·comb (kŏks'kōm') n.
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