comose

See also: como se

English

Etymology

Latin comosus (“hairy”).

Adjective

comose (comparative more comose, superlative most comose)

  1. (botany) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.
    The seeds of milkweed are comose.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for comose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

comōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of comōsus
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