Celosia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Seemingly cognate with Spanish celosía (“jalousie, latticework”), but this is possibly coincidental. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. === Proper noun === Celosia f A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – the celosias or cockscombs; certain flowering plants. ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: سِيلُوسِيَا (sīlūsiyā) (transliteration) → Azerbaijani: seloziya → Belarusian: цэло́зія (celózija) → English: celosia → Esperanto: celozio → French: célosie >? Greek: (phono-semantic matching) κήλεος (kíleos) → Hungarian: celózia → Italian: celosia → Polish: celozja → Russian: цело́зия (celózija) → Ukrainian: цело́зія (celózija) === See also === Celosia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Celosia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Celosia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons