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COMAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

a comal tuft

Synonyms:

comal; comate; comose

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Derivation:

coma ((botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds))

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