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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COCKSCOMB, n.
1. The caruncle or comb of a cock.
2. A plant. This name is given to the Celosia cristata, the Pedicularis or louse-wort, and the Rhinanthus, or yellow rattle.
3. A fop, or vain silly fellow. [See Coxcomb.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers [syn: cockscomb, common cockscomb, Celosia cristata, Celosia argentea cristata]
2: a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments [syn: coxcomb, cockscomb]
3: a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red [syn: cockscomb, coxcomb]
4: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds [syn: comb, cockscomb, coxcomb]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1534 1. coxcomb 2. a garden plant (Celosia cristata) of the amaranth family grown for its flowers

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the crest or comb of a cock. 2 a garden plant Celosia cristata, with a terminal plume of tiny white or red flowers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.