[syn: comate, comose, comal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Comose \Co"mose\ (k[=o]"m[=o]s or k[-o]*m[=o]s"), a. [L. comosus
hairy, from coma hair.] (Bot.)
Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of
milkweed. --Gray.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comose
adj 1: bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or
leaves or bracts; "comate royal palms"; "pineapples are
comate" [syn: comate, comose]
2: of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of
hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft" [syn:
comate, comose, comal]