cockscomb

noun

• The 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 cristata, having showy red clusters of flowers
• A conceited dandy
• A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed