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View synonyms for plumose
plumose
[ ploo-mohs ]
adjective
- having feathers or plumes; feathered.
- feathery or plumelike.
plumose
/ ˈpluːməʊs; -məʊz; pluːˈmɒsɪtɪ /
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Derived Forms
- plumosity, noun
- ˈplumosely, adverb
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Other Words From
- plumose·ly adverb
- plu·mos·i·ty [ploo-, mos, -i-tee], plumose·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plumose1
C17: from Latin plūmōsus feathery
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Example Sentences
The main stem is in long spiral turns, and at intervals has spreading plumose branches.
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At the exterior bases of the pedicels of some of the anterior cirri, there are large tufts of finely plumose, delicate hairs.
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Achenes numerous in a head, bearing the persistent styles as naked, hairy, or plumose tails.
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Achenes cylindrical, 10-striate; pappus a single row of very plumose (white) bristles.
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Pappus of 15–40 capillary bristles, manifestly plumose or only barbellate.
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