an amaranthaceous garden or pot plant, Celosia cristata, with yellow, crimson, or purple feathery plumelike flowers in a broad spike resembling the comb of a cock
3.
any similar species of Celosia
4. informal
a conceited dandy
cockscomb in American English
(ˈkɑksˌkoʊm)
noun
1.
the red, fleshy growth on the head of a rooster
2.
coxcomb
3.
an ornamental plant (Celosia cristata) of the amaranth family, with red or yellow flower heads somewhat like a rooster's crest