noun
annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
• Syn: ↑genus Celosia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Amaranthaceae, ↑family Amaranthaceae, ↑amaranth family
• Member Meronyms: ↑red fox, ↑Celosia argentea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.