Cockscomb


(n.) See Coxcomb.


(n.) 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   Cockshead   Cockshut   Cockshy   Cockspur   Cocksure   Cockswain