COCKSCOMB, noun 1. The caruncle or comb of a cock. 2. A plant. This name is given to the Celosia cristata, the Pedicularis or louse-wort, and the Rhinanthus, or yellow rattle. 3. A fop, or vain silly fellow. [See Coxcomb.]
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