Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Comate \Co"mate\ (?; 277), a. [L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe
   with hair, fr. coma hair.]
   Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair;
   hairy.

Source : WordNet®

comate
     adj 1: bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or
            leaves or bracts; "comate royal palms"; "pineapples
            are comate" [syn: {comose}]
     2: of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of
        hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft" [syn: {comose},
         {comal}]