(obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd. / A group of geese flying close together.

A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet. / Any vertical reference line.

A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.

Pertaining to the family (Plumbaginaceae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The family includes also statice, the thrift, and a few other genera.

Alternative spelling of plumbagineous

Synonym of plumbeous

A kind of grass, Erianthus saccharoides, now Bothriochloa saccharoides), with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States.

(botany) An aromatic Australian tree (Atherosperma moschatum), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles.

Consisting of, or resembling, lead. / (rare) Dull; heavy; stupid.

(zoology) Any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridae, most of which have wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes, some species of which are injurious to the grapevine.