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COMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comate mean? 

COMATE (adjective)
  The adjective COMATE has 2 senses:

1. bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bractsplay

2. of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hairplay

  Familiarity information: COMATE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMATE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts

Synonyms:

comate; comose

Context example:

pineapples are comate

Similar:

crowned (provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair

Synonyms:

comal; comate; comose

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)


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