What is a name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb called?
coxcomb — (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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