adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.

   "The seeds of milkweed are comose."

Adjective

1. 1
   of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair wordnet
2. 2
   bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

comalcomatecomatecrowned

Example

More examples

"The seeds of milkweed are comose."

Etymology

From Latin comōsus (“hairy”).

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