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noun • a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury • (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) • (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed | ||||
| 41% | 7 | From “association”, botanical Latin for the aggregate achenes, drupels or fruitlets forming a blackberry, custard apple, fraise, rasp or a tuft of old man’s beard from the traveller’s joy | ||
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| 25% | 6 | Botanical term meaning having a tuft of hairlike or feathery appendages | ||
adjective satellite • bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts • of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | ||||
Botanical Tuft
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1 | Botanical term meaning having a tuft of hairlike or feathery appendages | |
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5 | From “association”, botanical Latin for the aggregate achenes, drupels or fruitlets forming a blackberry, custard apple, fraise, rasp or a tuft of old man’s beard from the traveller’s joy
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6 | Ornamental tuft of feathers | |
7 | Tuft of hair
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17 Oct 1988 | New York Times / 17 Oct 1988 |