cockscomb
- Noun. The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
- Noun. A red cap once worn by court jesters.
- Noun. An annual garden plant, ''Celosia cristata'', having showy red clusters of flowers.
- Noun. (archaic) A conceited dandy.
- Noun. (nautical) 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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