comose

An obsolete adjective meaning having a head of hair or a tuft; used in botany to describe seeds with a tuft of hairs.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo desusado que significa que tiene una cabeza de pelos o un mechón; se usa en botánica para describir semillas provistas de un penacho de pelos.

1. Having a tuft or tufts of hair C2 formal

   Describes seeds or fruits that have a tuft or tufts of fine hairs, often aiding in wind dispersal.

   • The comose seeds of the dandelion are carried by the wind.
   • Cotton is a comose fiber from the seed of the cotton plant.
   • Many plants in the Asteraceae family produce comose fruits.

   🇪🇸Comoso

   Sinónimos: comatepapposetufted

2. Bearing a coma or tuft C2 formal

   In botany, describes a plant part, such as a stem or branch, that ends in a tuft or cluster of leaves, branches, or bracts.

   • The comose inflorescence of the pineapple plant is quite distinctive.
   • Some species of moss have comose stems with a dense cluster of leaves at the tip.
   • The botanist noted the comose arrangement of bracts on the specimen.

   🇪🇸Comoso

   Sinónimos: comatetufted