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

Antennæ black, third joint linear, rather long, arista plumose; legs blackish-piceous; wings blackish; veins black, discal transverse vein straight, parted by a little more than its length from the border.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Adiantum Farleyense.—This beautiful Maidenhair is supposed to be a subfertile, plumose form of A. tenerum, which much resembles it, especially in a young state.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various

I could not perceive that they were plumose, as in many other genera.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The styles are slender and distinct with plumose stigmas exserted at the top of the spikelet.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.