In botany and biology, having a tuft of hairs or a coma; covered with a hairy or wispy crown-like structure.
From Latin comosus (hairy) from coma (hair, especially hair of the head). A technical botanical term describing plant and animal structures.
Seeds aren't just seeds—many have gorgeous comose structures (like dandelion seeds) that act as tiny parachutes, and botanists needed a word precise enough to describe these nature-designed helicopters!
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