cockscomb (n.)

  1. garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

    [ Syn: common cockscomb , celosia cristata , celosia argentea cristata ]

  2. a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

    [ Syn: coxcomb ]

  3. a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

    [ Syn: coxcomb ]

  4. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

    [ Syn: comb , coxcomb ]

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