Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[o^]ks"k[=o]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
   comb crest.]
   1. See {Coxcomb}.

   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}.