cockscombs in English

noun
1
the crest or comb of a domestic cock.
This pie would be one containing especially fine titbits such as cockscombs and sweetbreads.
2
a tropical plant with a crest or plume of tiny yellow, orange, or red flowers, widely cultivated as a garden annual or a houseplant.
Flower stands are jam-packed with summer's best bouquets: dahlias, daisies, cockscombs and especially lilies of all sorts in mouth-watering colors.
3
an orchid related to the coralroots but with more colorful flowers, native to southern North America.

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1. Cockscombs grow best when mulched

2. 200 Giant Cockscombs Flower Seeds

3. USA SELLER 25 Seeds Giant Pink Cockscombs Flower

4. Read the Cockscombs discussion from the Chowhound General Discussion food community

5. Cockscombs are tender perennials but are usually grown as annuals in cooler climates

6. Cockscombs, Currants and Crows Runner (#89) Regular price $45.00 Sale price $45.00 Sale

7. Cristata Group - terminal inflorescence of several erect, flattened, broad, Cristate cockscombs

8. Cristata Group - terminal inflorescence of several erect, flattened, broad, cristate Cockscombs

9. Add to cart A runner with an urn of Cockscombs and crows eating currants

10. See authoritative translations of Cockscombs in Spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations.

11. One group, the plume Cockscombs (often sold as Celosia 'Plumosa'), has plumy flower clusters.

12. The cultivars produce flowers that are either plume-like (Celosia Pampas Plume) or crested (the Cockscombs)

13. One group, the plume Cockscombs (often sold as Celosia 'Plumosa'), has plumy flower clusters

14. Synonyms for Coxcombs include bucks, caps, dandies, dudes, fobs, fools, hinges, popinjays, cockscombs and exquisites

15. Cockscomb All the tall red Cockscombs stand before them on either side and bow; they are the chamberlains.

16. Childsii Group - terminal inflorescence of globose, bosses consisting of numerous, congested Cockscombs; bosses resembles brain coral

17. Cockscombs are easy to grow from seed, either indoors under lights or outdoors in the garden

18. Synonyms for Cockscombs include yellow rattles, coxcombs, bucks, caps, dandies, dudes, fobs, fools, hinges and popinjays

19. These Giant Cockscombs are amazing! Seed germination was successful! Gorgeous giant blooms! Direct seed planted in zone 8b NW Louisiana

20. One of Cowper's attractive occasional poems, 'To a Young Lady, with a Present of Two Cockscombs ', puns on cockscomb = (a) an ornamental plant of the genus celosia, (b) a fop: Cowper's 'To a Young Lady with a Present of Two Cockscombs' and Gentleman's Magazine

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22. Cockscombs won’t stick the roof of your mouth, or get stuck in your teeth like tendons or gristle

23. Cockscombs, the fleshy growth on the top of chickens' heads, might not strike you as an immediate supper ingredient

24. Two kinds of Cockscombs are derived from this species, which has silvery white flowers and narrow leaves to 2 inches or longer

25. Cristata Group plants, commonly called Cockscombs, feature fasciated, large crested flower heads (3-12” across), with each flower head somewhat resembling the comb of a rooster

26. Financière definition, of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and Cockscombs: vol …

27. Bursting with sensual fullness, the maize and Cockscombs are rendered with the accuracy of a botanical drawing, a testimony to the era’s interest in natural science

28. 5.0 out of 5 stars These guys are HUGE! By Melinda Deas on September 2, 2018 HUGE! These Giant Cockscombs are amazing! Seed germination was successful!

29. Water Cockscombs whenever the soil surface is dry, and feed them with a water-soluble 24-8-16 fertilizer diluted at a rate of 1 tablespoon per 1 gallon of water

30. Known as an everlasting, Cockscombs are often used in dried floral arrangements and wreath making as the blooms hold both their form and color long after drying

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32. ‘Flower stands are jam-packed with summer's best bouquets: dahlias, daisies, Cockscombs and especially lilies of all sorts in mouth-watering colors.’ More example sentences ‘Covered in dried flowers - such as cockscomb, bells of Ireland, and gomphrena - these wreaths pack visual punch on the front door or over the mantel.’

33. Every masterpiece is a flower on a precipice… It is a tremendous assertion for the poet to have said, ‘There must be fourteen or fifteen stalks of cockscomb.’ After we read this poem we cannot imaging the possibility that there could have been more or fewer Cockscombs than fourteen or fifteen.

34. Cockscombs, with their beautifully colored spikes of red or orange flowers at the top, are in a lot of gardens, right? Yes—but, in my experience, garden center plants mostly tend to be compact varieties, bred to stay about a foot or so tall so that they'll fit in well with other bedding plants