plumose
having feathers or plumes; feathered.
feathery or plumelike.
Origin of plumose
1Other words from plumose
- plu·mose·ly, adverb
- plu·mos·i·ty [ploo-mos-i-tee], /pluˈmɒs ɪ ti/, plu·mose·ness, noun
Words Nearby plumose
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How to use plumose in a sentence
The main stem is in long spiral turns, and at intervals has spreading plumose branches.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldAt the exterior bases of the pedicels of some of the anterior cirri, there are large tufts of finely plumose, delicate hairs.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinAchenes numerous in a head, bearing the persistent styles as naked, hairy, or plumose tails.
Achenes cylindrical, 10-striate; pappus a single row of very plumose (white) bristles.
Pappus of 15–40 capillary bristles, manifestly plumose or only barbellate.
British Dictionary definitions for plumose
/ (ˈpluːməʊs, -məʊz) /
another word for plumate
Origin of plumose
1Derived forms of plumose
- plumosely, adverb
- plumosity (pluːˈmɒsɪtɪ), noun
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