单词 | plumose |
释义 | plumose (once / 118194 pages) adj WORD FAMILY plumose USAGE EXAMPLESFlowers perfect; inner perianth of three yellow petals; perfect stamens and plumose sterile filaments each 3; pod 1-celled, many-seeded on 3 parietal placentæ. Gray, Asa, The Manual of the Botany of the Nor...(2012) A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact.It is sulphide of antimony and lead. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary—(2n...(2012) In certain breeds of the pigeon and fowl the feathers are plumose, with some tendency in the shafts to be naked. Darwin, Charles, The Descent of Man and Selection in...(2011) adj having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft Syn plumate, plumed feathered having or covered with feathers |
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