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

Citrate: antennae with very long, curled lateral branches which may or may not be ciliated; see plumose.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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

Styles persistent and elongated after anthesis, often plumose or jointed.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Achenes oblong, flattish, not ribbed; pappus of numerous bristles united into a ring at the base, plumose to the middle, deciduous.—Herbs, mostly biennial, with sessile alternate leaves, often pinnatifid, prickly.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa