comose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
    comate.
    • comate royal palms
    • pineapples are comate
  2. adjective satellite of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
    comate; comal.
    • comate (or comose) seeds
    • a comal tuft

WordNet

Co"mose adjective
Etymology
L. comosus hairy, from coma hair.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.

Webster 1913