What is the meaning of cockscomb?

Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers.
- synonyms: common cockscomb, Celosia cristata, Celosia argentea cristata
A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments.
- synonyms: coxcomb
A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red.
- synonyms: coxcomb
The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
- synonyms: comb, coxcomb

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