noun
cockscomb
Cockscomb (noun) means the soft red growth on top of a rooster's head.
noun
1
The soft red growth on top of a rooster's head.
2
A red hat once worn by court jesters.
3
A flowering plant native to Europe and Asia, also called yellow rattle.
4
A garden plant that lives for a single year and bears bright, showy red flower clusters.
"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."
— M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built (1929)
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Etymology
From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.
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What is the meaning of cockscomb?
"cockscomb" (noun) means the soft red growth on top of a rooster's head.
What is another word for cockscomb?
Other words for "cockscomb" include coxcomb, comb.
What are the different meanings of cockscomb?
"cockscomb" has 3 main meanings: 1. The soft red growth on top of a rooster's head; 2. A red hat once worn by court jesters; 3. A flowering plant native to Europe and Asia, also called yellow rattle.
