Definition of Cockscamb
Cocks"comb` (k&obreve;ks"kōm`),
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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