Cockscomb vs. Fleshy
Cockscomb vs. Fleshy
Test how βCockscombβ and βFleshyβ look in your own writing.
Cockscomb
Term AThe fleshy red crest of a rooster
A red cap once worn by court jesters
A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor flowering plant native to Eurasia
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
(archaic) A conceited dandy
(nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
See Coxcomb.
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.
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Fleshy
Term BOf, related to, or resembling flesh.
(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.
Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.
Example: βThe sole of his foot is fleshy.β;
Human.
Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
of or relating to or resembling flesh
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