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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cockscomb

/(kŏks"kōm`)/ · Cocks·comb · IPA
01 n. See Coxcomb.
  1. 1.
    See Coxcomb. See: Coxcomb
  2. 2.
    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.(Bot.) Also: garden cockscomb