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

(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.

(geology) An upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere.

plural of plumed thistle

Spear thistle.

A desert shrub in the family Rosaceae native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Fallugia paradoxa

plural of Apache plume

plural of plumed partridge

Oreortyx pictus

(meteorology) A weather pattern where hot air from the Iberian Peninsula flows towards Northern Europe, often causing high temperatures and also severe thunderstorms.