plumose

[ ploo-mohs ]

adjective

1. having feathers or plumes; feathered.
2. feathery or plumelike.

plumose

/ ˈpluːməʊs; -məʊz; pluːˈmɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. another word for plumate

Derived Forms

• plumosity, noun
• ˈplumosely, adverb

Other Words From

• plumose·ly adverb
• plu·mos·i·ty [ploo-, mos, -i-tee], plumose·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumose¹

From the Latin word plūmōsus, dating back to 1720–30. See plume, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumose¹

C17: from Latin plūmōsus feathery

Example Sentences

Flowers perfect; inner perianth of three yellow petals; perfect stamens and plumose sterile filaments each 3; pod 1-celled, many-seeded on 3 parietal placentæ.

From Project Gutenberg

Achenes numerous in a head, bearing the persistent styles as naked, hairy, or plumose tails.—Perennial herbs or vines, mostly a little woody, and climbing by the bending or clasping of the leaf-stalks, rarely low and erect.

From Project Gutenberg

Smooth; leaves bearing 3 ovate acute leaflets, which are cut or lobed, and somewhat heart-shaped at the base; tails of the fruit plumose.—River-banks, etc., common; climbing over shrubs.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves ovate, entire or sometimes 3-lobed, silky beneath; peduncles long; tails of the fruit very plumose.—Copses,

From Project Gutenberg

Woody-stemmed climber, almost glabrous; leaves trifoliolate, with slender common and partial petioles; leaflets ovate or slightly heart-shaped, pointed, entire, or sparingly toothed or lobed; flower bluish-purple, 2–3´ across; tails of the fruit plumose.—Rocky places in mountainous districts, Maine and W. New Eng. to Va., Minn., and northwestward; rare.

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