Cockscomb /(kŏks"kōm`)/

Cocks·comb

Cockscomb

n.
  1. See Coxcomb.
  2. A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli. (Bot.)