COMATE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kowmeyt
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] (botany; of certain seeds as of cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft" [adj] (botany) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts; "comate royal palms"; "pineapples are comate"

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	Synonyms:	comal, comose, crowned, hairy, hirsute


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.