plumose

American  

[ploo-mohs] / ˈplu moʊs /

adjective

1. having feathers or plumes; feathered.

2. feathery or plumelike.

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plumose British  

/ ˈpluːməʊs, -məʊz, pluːˈmɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. another word for plumate

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Other Word Forms

• 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

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 • Dec. 29, 2011

Style jointed and bent in the middle, the upper joint plumose; flowers large; calyx erect or spreading; petals erect.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The entire plant is hairy, and when mature its seed head is plumose and white, similar to the clematis head, suggesting the head of a very old man with long white hair.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)

Citrate: antennae with very long, curled lateral branches which may or may not be ciliated; see plumose.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Achenes terete, with 5–10 rugose ribs; pappus of 1 or 2 rows of plumose bristles.—Coarse rough-bristly annuals or biennials, with yellow flowers.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa