celosia cristata

3 definitions found

celosia cristata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coxcomb \Cox"comb`\ (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of
     cock's comb.]
     1.
        (a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock,
            which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
        (b) The cap itself.
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     2. The top of the head, or the head itself.
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              We will belabor you a little better,
              And beat a little more care into your coxcombs.
                                                    --Beau & Fl.
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     3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of
        display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or
        accomplishments; a fop.
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              Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy
              Of powdered coxcombs at her levee.    --Goldsmith.
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              Some are bewildered in the maze of schools,
              And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.
                                                    --Pope.
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     4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera,
        but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden
        cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.
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  Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
     comb crest.]
     1. See Coxcomb.
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     2. (Bot.) 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.
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celosia cristata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Celosia cristata
      n 1: garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow
           flowers [syn: cockscomb, common cockscomb, Celosia cristata
           , Celosia argentea cristata]