cockscomb
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(noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red |
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Synonyms: coxcomb |
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Related Words: cap |
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(noun) garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers |
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Synonyms: Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb |
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Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant |
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(noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
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Synonyms: comb, coxcomb |
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Related Words: crest |
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(noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments |
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Synonyms: coxcomb |
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Related Words: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
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