Comate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Co-mate \Co"-mate`\, n. [Pref. co- + mate.]
     A companion. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  comate
       adj 1: bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or
              leaves or bracts; "comate royal palms"; "pineapples
              are comate" [syn: {comose}]
       2: of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of
          hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft" [syn: {comose},
           {comal}]