COCKSCOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cockscomb mean? 

• COCKSCOMB (noun)
  The noun COCKSCOMB has 4 senses:

1. garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

2. a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

3. a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

4. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

  Familiarity information: COCKSCOMB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCKSCOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Celosia argentea cristata; Celosia cristata; cockscomb; common cockscomb

Hypernyms ("cockscomb" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cockscomb; coxcomb

Hypernyms ("cockscomb" is a kind of...):

beau; clotheshorse; dandy; dude; fashion plate; fop; gallant; sheik; swell (a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cockscomb; coxcomb

Hypernyms ("cockscomb" is a kind of...):

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cockscomb; comb; coxcomb

Hypernyms ("cockscomb" is a kind of...):

crest (a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)

Holonyms ("cockscomb" is a part of...):

gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)