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View synonyms for comose

comose

[ koh-mohs ]

adjective

  1. hairy; comate.


comose

/ kəʊˈməʊs; ˈkəʊməʊs /

adjective

  1. botany another word for comate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of comose1

1785–95; < Latin comōsus, equivalent to com ( a ) (< Greek kómē hair, foliage of trees or plants) + -ōsus -ose 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comose1

C18: from Latin comōsus hairy, from coma long hair; see coma ²
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Example Sentences

Ovary 1-celled, becoming a 2-valved pod with two parietal or basal placent bearing numerous small comose seeds; perianth none.

Comose, tufted; bearing a tuft of hairs, as the seeds of Milkweed, 126.

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