cockscomb

n 1: garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow

flowers [syn: {common cockscomb}, {Celosia cristata}, {Celosia

argentea cristata}]

2: a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own

accomplishments [syn: {coxcomb}]

3: a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

[syn: {coxcomb}]

4: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and

other gallinaceous birds [syn: {comb}, {coxcomb}]