| coma | (n) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury, Syn. comatoseness | | coma | (n) (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) | | coma | (n) (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed | | coma berenices | (n) a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10, 000 galaxies | | comanche | (n) a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma | | comanche | (n) the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche | | comandra | (n) small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants, Syn. genus Comandra | | comate | (adj) bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts, Syn. comose, Example: comate royal palms; pineapples are comate | | comate | (adj) of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair, Syn. comose, comal, Example: comate (or comose) seeds; a comal tuft | | comatose | (adj) relating to or associated with a coma, Example: comatose breathing; comatose state |
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| Com- | . A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Coma | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kw^ma lethargy, fr. koima^n to put to sleep. See Cemetery. ] A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Coma | ‖ n. [ L., hair, fr. Gr. ko`mh. ] 1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]
Coma Berenices ety>[ L. ] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Comanches | n. pl.; sing. Comanche /sing>. (Ethnol.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Comandra | n. small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.
Syn. -- genus Comandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Comart | n. A covenant. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Comate | a. [ L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair. ] Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Comatose | a. [ From Coma lethargy. ] Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Comatous | a. Comatose. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Comatula | ‖n. [ NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair. ] (Zool.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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