Usually means: Feather-like appearance or structure.
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  1. plumose: Merriam-Webster
  2. plumose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plumose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plumose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plumose: Vocabulary.com
  6. plumose: Wordnik
  7. plumose: Wiktionary
  8. plumose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. plumose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. plumose: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. plumose: Dictionary.com
  12. Plumose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. plumose: Rhymezone
  14. Plumose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. plumose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. plumose: FreeDictionary.org
  17. plumose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. plumose: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. plumose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. plumose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Plumose: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  5. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plumose)

▸ adjective:  Having feathers or plumes.
▸ adjective:  Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.

Similar:
feathered, plumed, plumate, plumous, plumy, plumiliform, featherlike, plumeous, plumelike, emplumed, more...

Opposite:
non-plumose, unfeathery, smooth, bald

Types:
feathery, fluffy, furry, hairy, woolly, downy, more...

Adjectives:
long, densely, short, male, sparsely, more, papillate, villous, bristle, beautiful, antennal

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Similar:
feathered, plumed, plumate, plumous, plumy, plumiliform, featherlike, plumeous, plumelike, emplumed, more...

Opposite:
non-plumose, unfeathery, smooth, bald

Types:
feathery, fluffy, furry, hairy, woolly, downy, more...

Adjectives:
long, densely, short, male, sparsely, more, papillate, villous, bristle, beautiful, antennal



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