plumose
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin plūmōsus (“‘feathered’”), from plūma (“‘feather’”): compare French plumeux.
[edit] Adjective
plumose
- Having feathers or plumes.
- Having hairs, or other párts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.
[edit] References
- plumose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
