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cockscomb🔊

The fleshy red crest of a rooster.

A red cap once worn by court jesters.

A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).

An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.

(archaic) A conceited dandy.

📑 Synonyms: fop popinjay

(nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed.