'Celosia cristata' definitions:

Definition of 'Celosia cristata'

noun

Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers [syn: cockscomb, common cockscomb, Celosia cristata, Celosia argentea cristata]

From: GCIDE

Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. + comb crest.]
1. See Coxcomb. [1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the {Rhinanthus Crista-galli}, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Coxcomb \Cox"comb`\ (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of cock's comb.] 1. (a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps. (b) The cap itself. [1913 Webster]
2. The top of the head, or the head itself. [1913 Webster]
We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. --Beau & Fl. [1913 Webster]
3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop. [1913 Webster]
Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. [1913 Webster]