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Meanings of common cockscomb in English

Portuguese
celosia cristata

Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers.

        celosia cristata
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        Examples for "cockscomb"
        1
        The border is composed of festoons decorated with cockscomb and sprays of flowers.
        Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them
        2
        Powdered cockscomb, desiccated pigeon hearts, and who knows what other rot.
        The Oracle Glass
        3
        I saw thick white hair, centered and splayed like a cockscomb.
        Fatal Voyage
        4
        From the shape of the flames this form of burner received the name "cockscomb."
        Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
        5
        He was a cockscomb, he was an ass; but he preferred the West of England to Italy.
        In a Green Shade / A Country Commentary
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