comate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Co-mate \Co"-mate`\, n. [Pref. co- + mate.]
   A companion. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

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