cockscombs
Red fleshy headgear
Cockscombs is the plural of cockscomb, the fleshy red crest on a rooster's head.
The word extends to plants with similarly shaped flower clusters, especially the ornamental *Celosia*.
Figuratively, a cockscomb was once a vain, foolish person—a fop who strutted like a rooster: That cockscomb thinks himself irresistible.
Ornamental feather or rising column
- flowerbedSoil area for ornamentals
- annualOccurring every year
- cultivarBred plant variety
- floricultureCultivating ornamental blooms
garden · seedling · ornamental · bedding · bloom · crimson · velvety · bouquet
Ornamental head covering
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- millineryCraft of hat design
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
- fascinatorOrnamental clip-on millinery
decoration · finery · embellishment · crest · motif · heraldry · embroidery · costume
plume
Ornamental feather or rising column
floriculture · garden · seedling · ornamental · bedding · bloom · crimson · velvety · bouquet · arrangement
headdress
Ornamental head covering
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- millineryCraft of hat design
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
fascinator · decoration · finery · embellishment · crest · motif · heraldry · embroidery · costume · regalia
wattle
Hanging throat skin
poultry · bantam · roost · crow · strut · peck · preen · hen · chick · flock
offal
Edible animal organs
- sweetbreadsCulinary term for thymus
- gibletsEdible poultry viscera
- braisedBrowned and simmered slowly
sautéed · delicacy · ragout · terrine · pâté · tripe · gastronomy
- crestsfamily crest, mountain peaks, summits, ridges, pinnacles
- Pricklebackswarbonnet
- offaloffal, variety meats, organs, kidney, liver
cockscombsfeathers
Bird's lightweight covering
plumage · wattles · spurs · tail feathers · down
cockscombsshrinking violets
Excessively shy individuals
wallflowers · wise men · sages · philosophers · plain folk