Cockscomb
Pronunciation : Cocks"comb
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [1st cock, n. + comb crest.]
Definition : 1. See Coxcomb.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913