Crossword clues for celosia
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Celosia \Celosia\ n. a genus of annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa.
Syn: genus Celosia.
Wiktionary
n. An ornamental amaranth of the genus (taxlink Celosia genus noshow=1)
Wikipedia
Celosia is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word , meaning "burning," and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa’s highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu.
Usage examples of "celosia".
The person who adapted my Celosia to develop in such a remarkable environment did so by a complex process of hybridization, much more elaborate than anything routinely attempted by specialist engineers.
He has taken genes from nematode worms and cunningly grafted them onto the Celosia gentemplate.
Given the complexity of the modified Celosia, it seems almost certain to me that this plot—including the selection of its victim—must have been hatched at least half a century ago, and probably long before.
Lowenthal, I could—and so could any halfway competent doctor now that we have the fundamental Celosia gentemplate.
He will identify the Celosia and will doubtless inform you that it is based on a gentemplate of mine, but he will not be able to see Rappaccini’s handiwork in the final product.
Given the complexity of die modified Celosia, it seems almost certain to me that this plot—including the selection of its victim—must have been hatched at least half a century ago, and probably long before.
Lowenthal, I could-and so could any halfway competent doctor now that we have the fundamental Celosia gentemplate.
And Celosia Enyo, the latest in that dismal line of unhappy managers, was not the kind of woman to tolerate mistakes by anyone, not on this gate's cycle, anyway.
And Celosia Enyo, the latest in that dismal line of unhappy managers, was not the kind of woman to tolerate mistakes by anyone, not on this gate’s cycle, anyway.