Cowtree

( Bot. ) See BROSIMUM. Cow'-wheat, n. ( Bot. ) See MELAMPYRUM. Cox, n. A diminutive form of CoxcomB. (R.) Cox, DAVID, R. A., a distinguished English painter of landscape in water-colors, B. at Birmingham, 1793. His pictures of Oriental scenery are very fine. D. 1859. -The top of the head. "She rapt them o' th' cozcombs with a stick." -Shaks. -A fop; a dandy; a vain, showy fellow; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments. "And some made cozcombs, nature meant but fools." Pope. ( Bot.) See CELOSIA. Coxcombical, Coxcomical, ( koks - kom'ical ,) a . Foppish; conceited; pretentious; after the manner of a coxcomb; as, a cozcombical fashion.