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cockscomb definition

cocks·comb (käks′kōm′)

noun

  1. the red, fleshy growth on the head of a rooster
  2. coxcomb
  3. an ornamental plant (Celosia cristata) of the amaranth family, with red or yellow flower heads somewhat like a rooster's crest

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