plumelike

1. Perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome.
   美国西南部的一种多年生草本植物，有革质的、蓝绿色羽状叶和浓密的、羽毛状黄色花穗。
2. Tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts.
   有相对宽大的叶子和羽毛状圆锥花序的一个高大北美芦苇属；广泛分布于潮湿地区；用作席子筛子和矢柄。
3. A shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts.
   北美中南部和西部以及西印度的一种生长在碱性沼泽地中的灌木；果实被象羽毛的丛生植物所包围。

adj

1. resembling a plume
   1. the dog's plumy tail

   Synonym:    plumy