1) Adorned with a strip of red 2) African mountain 3) African prominence 4) African peak 5) African hill 6) Canadian mountain 7) Celosia argentea cristata 8) Celosia cristata 9) Common cockscomb 10) Crest 11) Exclusively Anglo word 12) Exclusively Saxon word 13) Herb 14) Herbaceous plant 15) Hill of South Africa
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1) Coxcomb 2) Crest
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• (n.) See Coxcomb. • (n.) 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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common garden plant of the genus Celosia (q.v.).[2 related articles]
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(Celosia) These tender annuals come from tropical Asia and other warm countries. There are two kinds of Celosia. One type bears brightly colored flowers that resemble a cock's comb in appearance. The flowers come in yellow, orange, crimson or pink. The other type has a flower that is soft and fluffy like a feather plume; they are colored crimson, s...
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Cocks'comb` (kŏks'kōm`)
noun [ 1st
cock , noun +
comb crest.]
1. See
Coxcomb .
2. (Botany) A plant (
Celosia cristata ), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called
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Cockscomb (Rhinanthus Crista-galli) is a tall, single stemmed British plant of the family Schrophulariaceae. It bears a loose spike of yellow flowers in June.
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A cockscomb or coxcomb was a comb or crest resembling that of a cock, which jesters formerly wore in their caps.
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[
n] - garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers 2. [n] - a cap worn by court jesters
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coxcomb noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
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coxcomb noun a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
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the comb or caruncle of a cock. · the cap, resembling a cock's comb, formerly worn by professional fools. · a garden plant, Celosia cristata, of the amaranth family, with flowers, commonly crimson or purple, in a broad spike somewhat resembling the comb of a cock. · any of several other species of the genus Celosia. · an elon...
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