Plumose

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plumose \Plu*mose"\, Plumous \Plu"mous\, a. [L. plumosus, fr.
     pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.]
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     1. Having feathers or plumes.
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     2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like
        a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf;
        plumose tentacles.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plumose
       adj : having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn: {plumate},
              {plumed}]