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Comose vs Cymose - What's the difference?

comose | cymose |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between comose and cymose

is that comose is (botany) bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down while cymose is (botany) having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.

As adjectives the difference between comose and cymose

is that comose is (botany) bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down while cymose is (botany) having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.

comose

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (botany) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down.
    • The seeds of milkweed are comose .
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    cymose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.

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