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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
comb crest.]
1. See {Coxcomb}.
2. (Bot.) 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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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