COMOSE

comate, comose, comal

(adjective) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; “comate (or comose) seeds”; “a comal tuft”

comate, comose

(adjective) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts; “comate royal palms”; “pineapples are comate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

comose (comparative more comose, superlative most comose)

(botany) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.

Anagrams

• socome

Source: Wiktionary


Co"mose ( or ), a. Etym: [L. comosus hairy, from coma hair.] (Bot.)

Definition: Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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