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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
     comb crest.]
     1. See {Coxcomb}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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