plumose
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An upbeat grandmotherly woman with a plumose crown of lovely white hair, Sister Barbara calmly invited me to sit down across from her and asked me to tell her what had brought me there.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2011
Thus, when acting as swimming organs, the appendages, or their rami, are more or less flattened, or oar-like, and often have the margins fringed with long plumose hairs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The CRINOID, named from its resemblance to the lily, is like the cystoid in many respects, but has a longer stem and supports a crown of plumose arms.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Mr. Hemsley adds, that this substance proves to be the plumose seeds of a poplar or willow.
From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace
Styles are short, with plumose stigmas and laterally exserted.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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