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cockscomb

[koks-kohm] / ˈkɒksˌkoʊm /


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Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

Workers had set up tables outside the market so Garcia, his wife and others could wrap marigold and cockscomb bouquets in plastic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

The golf ball-shaped cold-water fish is now on display, for a limited time, in the eelgrass area of the aquarium’s Puget Sound Fish alongside the sailfin sculpin and high cockscomb.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

The seats, some separated by a stack of wood, are still spaced out, and the tables display hand sanitizer along with a glass-enclosed candle and a cockscomb plant.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2021

And hawk—the hawk is a good fellow— And chanticleer, with cockscomb yellow; But all the ravens—they must go— Pry in futurities, you know.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay




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