English Dictionary

cockscomb

noun

The fleshy red crest of a rooster / A red cap once worn by court jesters / A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)

The rooster proudly displayed its vibrant cockscomb.

意味（1）

The fleshy red crest of a rooster

意味（2）

A red cap once worn by court jesters

意味（3）

A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)

意味（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.

意味（5）

(archaic) A conceited dandy

意味（6）

(nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed