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Webster 1913 Edition
Plumous
{
Plu-mose′
,Plu′mous
, }Adj.
[L.
plumosus
, fr. pluma
feather: cf. F. plumeux
.] 1.
Having feathers or plumes.
2.
Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike;
as, a
plumose
leaf; plumose
tentacles.Webster 1828 Edition
Plumous
PLU'MOUS
,Adj.
1.
In botany, a plumose bristle is one that has hairs growing on the sides of the main bristle. Plumose pappus or down is a flying crown to some seeds, composed of feathery hairs.