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English noun: cockscomb | |||
| 1. | cockscomb (plant) garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers | ||
| Synonyms | Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| 2. | cockscomb (person) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | ||
| Synonyms | coxcomb | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell | ||
| 3. | cockscomb (artifact) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red | ||
| Synonyms | coxcomb | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cap | ||
| 4. | cockscomb (animal) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | ||
| Synonyms | comb, coxcomb | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crest | ||
| Part meronym | gallinacean, gallinaceous bird | ||
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