plumose

[ ploo-mohs ]

/ ˈplu moʊs /

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adjective

having feathers or plumes; feathered.

feathery or plumelike.

Origin of plumose

From the Latin word plūmōsus, dating back to 1720–30. See plume, -ose¹

OTHER 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

plumelet, plummer block, plummer-vinson syndrome, plummet, plummy, plumose, plump, plumpen, plumper, plumpish, plumulaceous

Example sentences from the Web for plumose

Achenes 10-ribbed; pappus of rather rigid bristles, not plumose.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray
Ovary is glabrous with two styles ending in plumose stigmas.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
I could not perceive that they were plumose, as in many other genera.

A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) |Charles Darwin
Styles are short, with plumose stigmas and laterally exserted.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

Mr. Hemsley adds, that this substance proves to be the plumose seeds of a poplar or willow.

Darwinism (1889) |Alfred Russel Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for plumose

plumose

/ (ˈpluːməʊs, -məʊz) /

adjective

another word for plumate

Derived forms of plumose

plumosely, adverb plumosity (pluːˈmɒsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for plumose

C17: from Latin plūmōsus feathery

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