cockscomb

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
2. noun A red cap once worn by court jesters.
3. noun A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
4. noun An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.
5. noun A conceited dandy.
6. noun A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed.

Similar words

comb coxcomb celosia argentea cristata celosia cristata common cockscomb cockscrow eckle copple crest cock-crow

Often followed by

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Word family

cockscombs