Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plumose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plumose \Plu*mose"\, Plumous \Plu"mous\, a. [L. plumosus, fr.
pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.]
1. Having feathers or plumes.
2. Having hairs, or other p['a]rts, arranged along an axis
like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf;
plumose tentacles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plumose
adj : (biology) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn:
{plumate}, {plumed}]
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