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Celosia cristata
(gcide) | Coxcomb \Cox"comb`\ (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of
cock's comb.]
1.
(a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock,
which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
(b) The cap itself.
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2. The top of the head, or the head itself.
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We will belabor you a little better,
And beat a little more care into your coxcombs.
--Beau & Fl.
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3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of
display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or
accomplishments; a fop.
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Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy
Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. --Goldsmith.
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Some are bewildered in the maze of schools,
And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.
--Pope.
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4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera,
but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden
cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.
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Celosia cristata
(gcide) | Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
comb crest.]
1. See Coxcomb.
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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.
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celosia cristata
(wn) | Celosia cristata
n 1: garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow
flowers [syn: cockscomb, common cockscomb, {Celosia
cristata}, Celosia argentea cristata] |
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