| English Dictionary |
COMATE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does comate mean?
• COMATE (adjective)
The adjective COMATE has 2 senses:
1. bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
2. of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
Familiarity information: COMATE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
Synonyms:
comate; comose
Context example:
pineapples are comate
Similar:
crowned (provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
Synonyms:
Context example:
a comal tuft
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass." (Native American proverb, Sioux)
"Barcelona is good if you have money." (Catalan proverb)
"The lazy donkey always overloads himself." (Cypriot proverb)