Comose

2 definitions found

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

  Comose \Co"mose\ (k[=o]"m[=o]s or k[-o]*m[=o]s"), a. [L. comosus
     hairy, from coma hair.] (Bot.)
     Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of
     milkweed. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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