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cockscomb (n)
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb (n.)
See Coxcomb.
A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.
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Cockscomb
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers, a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments, a cap worn by court jester
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cock's eggs => cockerel's eggs, cockroach => cockroach, cockpit => cockpit, cockneys => cockneys, cockneyism => Cockney,
