cockscomb

English

Alternative forms

• coxcomb

Etymology

From cock +‎ -s- +‎ comb.

Noun

cockscomb (plural cockscombs)

1. The fleshy red crest of a rooster
2. A red cap once worn by court jesters
3. A yellow rattle, (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
4. An annual garden plant, , having showy red clusters of flowers
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section xi

     She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.

5. (archaic) A conceited dandy
6. (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

Translations

fleshy red crest of a rooster

• Bulgarian: гребен (bg) m (greben)
• Burmese: ကြက်မောက် (my) (krakmauk)
• Catalan: cresta de gall f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雞冠／鸡冠 (gai¹ gun¹), 鸡冠 (gai¹ gun¹)

  Mandarin: 雞冠／鸡冠 (zh) (jīguān), 鸡冠 (zh) (jīguàn)

• Czech: hřebínek m
• Danish: hanekam c
• Dutch: hanenkam (nl) m
• Faroese: reykur m
• Finnish: kukonharja (fi), harjaheltta
• French: crête de coq (fr) f
• German: Hahnenkamm (de) m
• Greek: λειρί (el) n (leirí)
• Hebrew: כַּרְבֹּלֶת (he) f (karbólet)
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• Hungarian: kakastaréj (hu)
• Irish: círín coiligh m
• Japanese: 鶏冠 (とさか, tosaka)
• Latin: crista f
• Macedonian: кикиришка f (kikiriška)
• Malay: balung
• Persian: بلوچ (fa) (boluč)
• Polish: grzebień (pl) m
• Portuguese: crista (pt) f
• Romanian: creastă (ro) f
• Russian: гре́бень (ru) m (grébenʹ), петуши́ный гре́бень m (petušínyj grébenʹ), гребешо́к (ru) m (grebešók)
• Slovak: hrebienok m
• Spanish: cresta (es) f
• Tagalog: palong
• Welsh: crib ceiliog m, cribell f

red cap once worn by court jesters

• Finnish: narrinhattu
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Rhinanthus minor — see yellow rattle

Celosia cristata

• Bulgarian: петльов гребен (petljov greben)
• Burmese: ကြက်မောက်ပန်း (krakmaukpan:), ကြက်မောက် (my) (krakmauk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞冠花／鸡冠花 (zh) (jīguānhuā)

• Finnish: kukonharja (fi)
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• Indonesian: jengger ayam (id)
• Japanese: 鶏頭 (ケイトウ, keitō)
• Korean: 맨드라미 (maendeurami)
• Welsh: crib ceiliog m