The cockscomb is the most widely known, but many white or double flowered varieties were already cultivated at that time. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
(spine-tufts); and P.a. cristata is, as its name denotes a kind of cockscomb or crested form. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Ofrendas are decorated with marigolds and cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [Ofrendas are decorated with marigolds and cockscomb. Images provided by SECTUR, Michoacán] Reference
The crushed velvet of cockscomb provided the peacock's comb. From Wordnik.com. [Suzy Bales: Too Much Zucchini] Reference
His high cockscomb of silver hair danced over a baby-pink skull. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
"Impossible," said the man with the blue cockscomb, bowing to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
Fangs; and let my cockscomb hang in the hall at Rotherwood, in memory that. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
Upright growth, three varieties available: red leaved, green leaved, and cockscomb (var. cristata). From Wordnik.com. [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference
The household altar was festooned with marigolds and brilliant magenta cockscomb, tinsel and fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating the Days of the Dead: The Heart Speaks Clearly in Michoacán] Reference
She bought bright zinnias and magenta cockscomb and put bouquets in the kitchen, living room and bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Watching Pablo Sleep] Reference
Kincaid reshuffled the files on his desk and ran a hand through his hair until it stood up like a cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [Leave the Grave Green] Reference
All the red flowers came from my mother's annual garden -- salvia, snapdragons, cockscomb, dahlias, and zinnias. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
A dwarf, cockscomb-like variety, with the leaves and white hairs growing all along the wrinkled top of the comb. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
We present Esperanza and Raol with white daisies, magenta cockscomb and marigolds to decorate the altar for the adults. From Wordnik.com. [Day Of The Dead in Mexico - A personal perspective] Reference
Coryat was a cockscomb and scorned a straight sentence. From Wordnik.com. [In a Green Shade A Country Commentary] Reference
I did not answer, but my face flushed as red as a cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt] Reference
The fingers of the glove will extend above your head like a cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
He snipped the cockscomb top open with scissors and handed the chicken to me. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
The border is composed of festoons decorated with cockscomb and sprays of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them] Reference
If an unmodified Celosia could be got, it would be well to test with the modified cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
Some locally cultivated flowers on show are Petunia, Salvia, Hollyhock, cockscomb and marigold. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
This fellow was then, and still is, an insufferable cockscomb, and I remember very well my answer to him. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2] Reference
Dan Bigbee with Fassnight Farm spent Wednesday putting cockscomb, sunflowers and zinnias into the ground. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The entrance has been specially designed with splendid flowers, which include cockscomb, Salvia, Celosia and cut-roses. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
A grazed skin, bloody cockscomb, and neglected lesson. From Wordnik.com. [Essays of Travel] Reference
A ridge on the top which ran stem to stern, like a cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley] Reference
I will knog your urinals about your knave’s cockscomb for missing your meetings and appointments. From Wordnik.com. [The Merry Wives of Windsor] Reference
BLOOM: (CONTEMPTUOUSLY) Clean your nailless middle finger first, your bully’s cold spunk is dripping from your cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
STEWART: That's cockscomb, it is, it's cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2001] Reference
His hair was curled into a cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
"Yes, yes; a stoopid cockscomb," said Hockins. From Wordnik.com. [The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar] Reference
There are two varieties of cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A student, Coryat a cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [In a Green Shade A Country Commentary] Reference
The cockscomb. From Wordnik.com. [...the cockscomb...] Reference
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