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cockscomb
CIDE DICTIONARY
cockscomb, n. [1st cock, n. + comb crest.].
- See Coxcomb. [1913 Webster]
- A plant (
Celosia cristata ), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes calledgarden cockscomb . Also thePedicularis , or lousewort, theRhinanthus Crista-galli , and theOnobrychis Crista-galli . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cockscomb, n.
1 the crest or comb of a cock.
2 a garden plant Celosia cristata, with a terminal plume of tiny white or red flowers.
1 the crest or comb of a cock.
2 a garden plant Celosia cristata, with a terminal plume of tiny white or red flowers.
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