cockscomb

  1. Noun.  The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
  2. Noun.  A red cap once worn by court jesters.
  3. Noun.  An annual garden plant, ''Celosia cristata'', having showy red clusters of flowers.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) A conceited dandy.
  5. 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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