English noun: cockscomb |
1. | cockscomb (plant) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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2. | cockscomb (person) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments |
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| Synonyms | coxcomb |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
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3. | cockscomb (artifact) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red |
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| Synonyms | coxcomb |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cap |
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4. | cockscomb (animal) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | crest |
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| Part meronym | gallinacean, gallinaceous bird |
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