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cockscomb
noun 5
Collocations
1ADJ.
red, sloping, splendid, yellow
Definitions
noun
1
A fleshy red crest of a rooster
2
A red cap once worn by court jesters
3
A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
4
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.
5
A conceited dandy
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She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbo
Wiktionary02
The cockerel's splendid red cockscomb is thought to play a part in determining gender and breed.
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