banner cloud
noun Meteorology.
a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak.
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What does “clement” mean?
Also called cloud banner .
Compare cap cloud (def. 1).
Origin of banner cloud
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby banner cloud
Ban-Lon, Banneker, Banneker, Benjamin, banner, banner ad, banner cloud, banneret, bannerette, bannerman, bannerol, bannerstone
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