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单词 cockscomb
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cockscomb
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cockscomb: cockscombs
USAGE EXAMPLES
After all, how many cookbooks have recipes for both cockscombs with truffles and beer soup?
Los Angeles Times(Jan 29, 2016)
Situated in two generous-sized pots are native moa, a sprawling fern named after the forest chicken because the fronds look like cockscombs.
Washington Times(Nov 07, 2015)
There were sunflowers big as flowers on Mars and thick cockscombs bleeding the deep red fringe of theater curtains.
Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street(1984)
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1n the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Syn|Hyper
comb, coxcomb
crest
a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
2n a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
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coxcomb
cap
a tight-fitting headdress
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n a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
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coxcomb
beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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n garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
Syn|Hyper
Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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