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Term: coma (noun)
Plural: comas
Derivation: From Latin "coma,‎" meaning "hair of the head."
Definition: A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

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