comate — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).

   Usage

   • Archaic

Noun

1. Companion, fellow, mate.

   Usage

   • Rare

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Now my Coe-mates,and brothers in exile : Hath not old cuſtome made this life more ſvveete Then that of painted pompe ? Are not theſe vvoods More free from perill then the enuious Court ?

Adjective

1. bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts

   Synonyms

   comose

   Examples

   comate royal palms

   pineapples are comate

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

   Synonyms

   comosecomal

   Examples

   comate (or comose) seeds

   a comal tuft