COCKSCOMB
cockscomb
Noun
- The fleshy red crest of a rooster
- A red cap once worn by court jesters
- An annual garden plant, Celosia cristata, having showy red clusters of flowers
- A conceited dandy
- A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
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