"cockscombs" in the noun sense

1. cockscomb, common cockscomb, Celosia cristata, Celosia argentea cristata

garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

2. coxcomb, cockscomb

a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

3. cockscomb, coxcomb

a cap worn by court jesters adorned with a strip of red

4. comb, cockscomb, coxcomb

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

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