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English Dictionary: plumose by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plumose
adj
  1. having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn: plumate, plumed, 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[a0]rts, arranged along an axis
            like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf;
            plumose tentacles.
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