Lexic.us

Definition of Comate

1. Adjective. Bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts. "Pineapples are comate"

2. Adjective. Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair. "A comal tuft"

Definition of Comate

1. a. Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

2. n. A companion.

Definition of Comate

1. a companion [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comate

comanagers comanages comanaging comancheite comarb comarbs comarket comarketed comarketing comarkets

comart comarts comas comast comasts comate (current term) comates comatic comatik comatiks

comatose comatoseness comatulae comatulid comatulids comb comb-brush comb-footed spider comb-growth test comb-jellies

Literary usage of Comate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A commentary on the Psalms by George Phillips (1872)
"... in some oriental regions is extremely severe. See the same antithesis in Gen. xxxi. 40. " De Sacy observes: on dit quelquefois d'un grand froid, comate ..."

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