COCKSCOMB

Definition of COCKSCOMB

  1. (noun)garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
  2. (noun)a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
  3. (noun)a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
  4. (noun)the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds