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noun

Cockscomb n.

See Coxcomb.

(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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cockscomb" Quotes from Famous Books

... together, that they form bridges between severed rocks and shelves and cornices broad and massive; oysters flatter than plates, oysters tubular as service gas-pipes; the gold-lipped mother of pearl, the black-lipped mother of pearl, the cockscomb, the coral rock oyster, the small but sweet rock oyster, two varieties of the common rock oyster, besides the trap-door, the hammer, and another of somewhat similar shape whose official and courtesy title are both alike unknown, but which furnished knives ...

— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield

... that Dandy deserved his name more than ever, and promptly quenched his vanities by answering, with a provoking laugh, "Then the name of the flower of the family is Cockscomb." ...

— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott

... chose to play at hodd man hout; 'E ain't the fust by many Wot's tried to Tommy-Dodd the rout With a two-'eaded penny. It's broke our trust; 'e can go 'ome With Toffdom for next neighbour. 'E won't cut Capital's cockscomb In the 'Oly ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 • Various

Words linked to "Cockscomb" : swell, comb, dude, sheik, herbaceous plant, common cockscomb, fashion plate, herb, gallinaceous bird, Celosia cristata, crest, gallant, clotheshorse, gallinacean, cap, beau, fop, coxcomb, dandy