plumose
Americanadjective
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having feathers or plumes; feathered.
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feathery or plumelike.
adjective
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- plumosely adverb
- plumoseness noun
- plumosity noun
Etymology
Origin of plumose
From the Latin word plūmōsus, dating back to 1720–30. See plume, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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Stigmas plumose.—Perennials, with narrow involute leaves and a loose panicle.
From Project Gutenberg
A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact.It is sulphide of antimony and lead.
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Thus, when acting as swimming organs, the appendages, or their rami, are more or less flattened, or oar-like, and often have the margins fringed with long plumose hairs.
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An upbeat grandmotherly woman with a plumose crown of lovely white hair, Sister Barbara calmly invited me to sit down across from her and asked me to tell her what had brought me there.
From New York Times
In the Sebastopol goose the scapular feathers are greatly elongated, curled, or even spirally twisted, with the margins plumose.125 Fig. 47.
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