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COMAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
Example:
a comal tuft
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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))