Definitions for cockscomb

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cockscomb cocks·comb

Spelling: [koks-kohm]

IPA: /ˈkɒksˌkoʊm/

Cockscomb is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in cockscomb (bccckmoos).

Definitions for cockscomb

noun

1. the comb or caruncle of a cock.
2. the cap, resembling a cock'scomb, formerly worn by professional fools.
3. a garden plant, Celosia cristata, of the amaranth family, with flowers, commonly crimson or purple, in a broad spike somewhat resembling the comb of a cock.
4. any of several other species of the genus Celosia.
5. an elongate prickleback, Anoplarchus purpurescens, living among submerged rocks along the Pacific coast of North America.
6. a gaslight burner having four or more jets.
7. coxcomb (def 1).

Origin of cockscomb

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at cock¹, 's¹, comb¹

Examples for cockscomb

Getting tired, I took out my sketch-book and drew Lubuga, the pet, which amused the king immensely as he recognised her cockscomb.

From the shape of the flames this form of burner received the name "cockscomb."

There is a row of narrow green pointed leaves, standing up like a cockscomb behind each row of flowers.

There was the twist round the head, the cockscomb, the hanging piece of liripipe.

cockscomb, crimson and scarlet; two to three feet; August and September.

His hair was cut short, with the exception of a ridge on the top which ran stem to stern, like a cockscomb.

I did not answer, but my face flushed as red as a cockscomb.