A flowering plant with velvety, brain-like or crown-like flower heads, or a jester's cap shaped like a rooster's comb.
From 'cock' (rooster) + 'comb' (the fleshy crest on a rooster's head). The flower gets its name because its clustered petals resemble the distinctive red comb of a rooster.
This plant is so weird-looking that it genuinely appears alien—its wrinkled, velvet texture looks like a tiny brain, which is why some people call it 'brain celosia,' and it was a favorite weird novelty in Victorian gardens.
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