Plumose

Plumose [ Botany - Biology ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonyms: Plumate, Plumed, plume-like, Feathered, Feathery Adverb: Plumosely Noun: Plumosity

1. (Zoology) Having feathers or plumes.
2. (BIology/Botany) Having a feather growths; feathered.
3. (BIology/Botany) Resembling a plume; often from long dense pubescence, feathery.

[ From Latin "plumosus" "feathery" > From "pluma" "down feather" ]

Plumose spine in a seedling of Turbinicarpus beguinii.

The term plumose is used in botany to describe a plant which is feathery in appearance often from long dense pubescence or having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.

A plumose organ is a plant part having fine elongate hairs branching from an axis on each side.
For example: a plumose spine, a plumose leaf; the pappus of some Asteraceae, or body hairs with hairlike branches..

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