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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plumose /pluːˈməʊs, ˈpluːməʊs, -z/

▶adjective chiefly Biology having many fine filaments or branches which give a feathery appearance.

– origin C18: from L. plumosus ‘full of down or feathers’, from pluma ‘down’.

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