cocks·comb /ˈkɑksˌkom/
雞冠,雞冠花,雞冠帽
Cocks·comb n.
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.
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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]