Sentence examples for cockscomb from inspiring English sources

Stein also goes for thai basil, while Luu suggests also adding cockscomb mint, perilla leaves and coriander, describing cockscomb mint as resembling "minty lemon balm" and perilla leaves as having "peppery, cinnamon and fennel flavours".

The face portion was placed on the head, then the cape was arranged in folds like a cockscomb and tied into place with the liripipe, the end of which trailed over the shoulder (a style immortalized in jester's attire).

Common garden ornamentals in the family include species of globe amaranth (Gomphrena) and cockscomb (Celosia); the genera Alternanthera and Iresine each have several species that are cultivated as bedding plants for their attractive and colourful leaves.

Silver cockscomb, or Lagos spinach (Celosia argentea), is a closely related ornamental and food plant.

Celosia cristata (cockscomb), sometimes also treated under C. argentea, is a cultivated species with two main variants, the Plumosa (plumed) group and the Cristata (cockscomb) group.

Lagos spinach, or silver cockscomb (C. argentea), is an important food crop in West Africa, where it is grown for its nutritious leafy greens.

The oriels had slightly projecting rivet-head details, peculiar cockscomb-like trim on the tops, and strange angled poles supporting them from underneath — strange because builders had long since determined how to support such features without resorting to such devices.

But even the most jaded thrill-seeker will be impressed by the cockscombs at Casa Mono.

Both writers dispense aphorisms with a wink — the elder on learning to love dandelion greens and cockscombs with wine in the heyday of Jell-O, the younger on learning to love oneself, post-marital meltdown.

RESTAURANT ANDR SINGAPORE Only a few weeks after the October opening of Restaurant Andre, in Singapore's lively Chinatown district, the chef Andre Chiang is wowing even the city's most critical gourmands with French-inspired dishes like braised eggplant with cockscombs and duck tongue.

"Chickens" has 12 roosters and a hen crowded together into a dazzling tapestry of brown, black and white plumage punctuated by bright red cockscombs and wattles and staring eyes.