comose

[ koh-mohs ]

adjective

1. hairy; comate.

comose

/ kəʊˈməʊs; ˈkəʊməʊs /

adjective

1. botany another word for comate

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of comose¹

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

Example Sentences

Seeds comose, with a tuft of long silky down at the apex.—Perennial herbs, with upright branching stems, opposite mucronate-pointed leaves, a tough fibrous bark, and small and pale cymose flowers on short pedicels.

From Project Gutenberg

Perigynium less inflated, more conspicuously nerved or even costate, and with more or less setaceous or awned teeth; scale usually awned; spikes mostly nodding or spreading, comose in appearance, greenish, greenish-yellow, or ochroleucous.—Sp.

From Project Gutenberg

Aug., Sept.—Stems, including the dense leaves, ½´ thick; the comose spike, with its longer spreading leaves, ¾–1´ thick.

From Project Gutenberg