How to Use celosia in a Sentence

celosia

noun
Definition of celosianext
  • In mid-August plant transplants of zinnias, marigolds and celosias that are in bud but not yet in bloom.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
  • Celosia Spicata This wheat celosia can grow from 2 to 4 feet and in red, pink, or purple.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2016
  • In addition to zinnias, use moss roses, purslane, celosia and vinca in the full sun.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 28 June 2019
  • There are annuals like celosia, whose velvety magenta and ivory folds look like the wrinkles of the human brain.
    — Arielle Dollinger, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017
  • In the flower garden, plant seeds for salvia, sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, marigolds, celosia and asters.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 19 May 2017
  • Coconut frond, anthurium, orchid, celosia, and bromeliad with a LBK Studio glass sculpture, $550 at abchome.com.
    — Brittany Asch, The Cut, 12 Dec. 2017
  • That's not to mention the towering Baobab trees and stone forests the conservatory brought in, or the array of beautiful plants — from orange bidens and red celosia to purple salvia and green ipomoea.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Alana Giarrano, an undergraduate, appeared with a box containing milk thistle, St. John’s wort, stinging nettle and a plant with a fuzzy pink shock of a flower, like a tiny mohawk, called dwarf coral, or celosia.
    — Written By Annie Correal; Photographs By Karsten Moran, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Flowers which air dry well include goldenrod, hydrangea, statice, strawflower, celosia, rosebuds, yarrow, globe amaranth, grass plumes, rudbeckia, bachelor's buttons, zinnias and sunflower, to name a few.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Plants for sale include flowers such as zinnias, petunias, wave petunias, marigolds, celosia, coleus, snapdragons, salvia, spiderwort, geraniums, impatiens and begonias.
    — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 3 May 2017
  • In the flower garden, plant aster, celosia, cosmos, larkspur, nasturtium, nicotiana, portulaca, salvia, snapdragon, verbena and zinnia.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 16 Mar. 2018

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