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COMAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does comal mean?
• COMAL (adjective)
The adjective COMAL has 1 sense:
1. of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
Familiarity information: COMAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
Synonyms:
Context example:
a comal tuft
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Derivation:
coma ((botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds))
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