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COMOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comose mean? 

COMOSE (adjective)
  The adjective COMOSE 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: COMOSE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMOSE (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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