COMATE

comate, comose, comal

(adjective) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; ā€œcomate (or comose) seedsā€; ā€œa comal tuftā€

comate, comose

(adjective) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts; ā€œcomate royal palmsā€; ā€œpineapples are comateā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

comate (comparative more comate, superlative most comate)

Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

Anagrams

• came to, camote, come at

Source: Wiktionary


Co"mate, a. Etym: [L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair.]

Definition: Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

Co"-mate`, n. Etym: [Pref. co- + mate.]

Definition: A companion. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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