a. [ad. L. comōs-us covered with hair, f. coma: see COMA2.] Furnished with a COMA, q.v.; esp. of seeds: Downy or hairy.

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1793.  Martyn, Language Bot., s.v. Coma, A spike of flowers terminated by a coma is named comose.

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1800.  J. Hull, Elem. Bot., I. 23. Comose, terminated by leaflets.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 158. [Tamarisk tribe] shrubby stems, comose seeds.

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1870.  Bentley, Bot., 329. In the Willow, the … seed is said to be comose.

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