comose

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adjective

Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.

“The seeds of milkweed are comose.”

Similar
comatecrownedcomalhairyhairedhirsute
OriginLatin comōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivecomose (comparative more comose, superlative most comose)

comparative more comose · superlative most comose

  1. biologyBearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.

    The seeds of milkweed are comose.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts

Similar
comatecrowned

adjectiveof certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair

Similar
comatecomalhairyhairedhirsute
Also see
comalcomatecrownedhairedhairyhirsute

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincomōsus“hairy”
  2. Englishcomose

From Latin comōsus (“hairy”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

socome
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comose.

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