cockscomb

Meaning

noun

1. garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
2. a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
3. a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
4. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Synonyms for cockscomb

• common cockscomb
• Celosia cristata
• Celosia argentea cristata
• coxcomb
• comb