Plumply
(Plump"ly), adv. Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [Colloq.]
Plumpness
(Plump"ness), n. The quality or state of being plump.
Plumpy
(Plump"y) a. Plump; fat; sleek. "Plumpy Bacchus." Shak.
Plumula
(||Plu"mu*la) n.; pl. L. Plumule E.-las [L. See Plumule.]
1. (Bot.) A plumule.
2. (Zoöl.) A down feather.
Plumulaceous
(Plu`mu*la"ceous) a. (Zoöl.) Downy; bearing down.
Plumular
(Plu"mu*lar) a. (Bot.) Relating to a plumule.
Plumularia
(||Plu`mu*la"ri*a) n.; pl. L. Plumularlæ E. Plumularias [NL.] (Zoöl.) Any hydroid belonging to
Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidæ. They generally grow in plumelike forms.
Plumularian
(Plu`mu*la"ri*an) n. (Zoöl.) Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.
Plumule
(Plu"mule) n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. plumule.]
1. (Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above
the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A down feather. (b) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather. (c) One of
the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Plumulose
(Plu"mu*lose") a. Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.
Plumy
(Plum"y) a. Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. "His plumy crest."
Addison. "The plumy trees." J. S. Blackie.
