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Onobrychis Crista-galli

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.