cockscomb

Noun

• the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

• a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red

• a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

• garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  comb , coxcomb , common cockscomb , Celosia cristata , Celosia argentea cristata