[syn: comate, comose, comal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Comate \Co"mate\ (?; 277), a. [L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe
   with hair, fr. coma hair.]
   Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair;
   hairy.
   [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Co-mate \Co"-mate`\, n. [Pref. co- + mate.]
   A companion. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comate
    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]