cockscomb
['kɒkskәum]
n. 鸡冠, 鸡冠花, 鸡冠帽



cockscomb
[ noun ]

1. garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

<noun.plant>

2. a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

<noun.person>

3. a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

<noun.artifact>

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

<noun.animal>

Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
comb crest.]
1. See {Coxcomb}.

2. (Bot.) 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}.