Dictionary entry

Plumose

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Plu‐mose″ (?), Plu″mous (?), } a. [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.