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cockscomb
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COCKSCOMB
n. 1. The caruncle or comb of a cock.
2. A plant. This name is given to the Celosia cristata, the Pedicularis or louse-wort, and the Rhinanthus, or yellow rattle.
3. A fop, or vain silly fellow. [See Coxcomb. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COCKSCOMB
Cocks "comb, n. Etym: [1st cock, n. + comb crest. ]
1. See Coxcomb.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cockscomb
cocks comb |ˈkäksˌkōm ˈkɑkskoʊm | ▶noun 1 the crest or comb of a domestic cock. 2 a tropical plant with a crest or plume of tiny yellow, orange, or red flowers, widely cultivated as a garden annual or a houseplant. [Celosia cristata, family Amaranthaceae. ] 3 an orchid related to the coralroots but with more colorful flowers, native to southern North America. Also called coralroot. [Genus Hexalectris, family Orchidaceae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
cockscomb
cocks |comb |ˈkɒkskəʊm | ▶noun 1 the crest or comb of a domestic cock. 2 (also coxcomb ) a tropical plant with a crest of tiny yellow, orange, or red flowers, grown as a pot plant. ●Celosia cristata, family Amaranthaceae. 3 a brightly coloured orchid of southern North America, related to the coralroots. Also called coralroot. ●Genus Hexalectris, family Orchidaceae.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
cockscomb
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