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Cockscomb

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combnounA toothed implement:
coxcombnoun(by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
celosia cristatanoungarden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
celosia argentea cristatanoungarden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
common cockscombnoungarden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

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combnounA toothed implement:
coxcombnoun(by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
celosia argentea cristatanoungarden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
celosia cristatanoungarden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
common cockscombnoungarden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
cockscrownounThe crowing of a cock.
ecklenoun(dialectal) An icicle.
copplenoun(obsolete) A crest on a bird's head.
crestnounThe summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
cock-crownounAlternative spelling of cockcrow. [The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light]
cockylorumnounAlternative form of cockalorum. [(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.]
coxcombrynoun(uncountable) Behaviour or airs characteristic of a coxcomb; foppishness.
cockleertnoun(dialect, southwest England) Cockcrow; dawn; daybreak.
coxinessnoun(obsolete) cockiness
cockeynounA surname.
corn cocklenounAlternative form of corncockle. [Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.]
crestednounAny of various creatures having a crest.
cootienoun(Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
cockienounAlternative spelling of cocky (“term of endearment”). [(chiefly British, Ireland, Newfoundland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.]
coxcombicalitynounThe quality of being coxcombical.

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