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  • adjective of a plant tipped with a plume

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Examples

  • Mr. Posen's collection was also a bit generic: a glamorous romp of feathers, sheer, slithery dresses and plume-tipped stilettos.

    Zac Posen's Mom Susan Quits His Company Hilary Moss 2010

  • Mr. Posen's collection was also a bit generic: a glamorous romp of feathers, sheer, slithery dresses and plume-tipped stilettos.

    Zac Posen's Mom Susan Quits His Company The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Mr. Posen's collection was also a bit generic: a glamorous romp of feathers, sheer, slithery dresses and plume-tipped stilettos.

    Zac Posen's Mom Susan Quits His Company Hilary Moss 2010

  • A slender form in a blanket dyed pirell and onsy stood waving a plume-tipped staff.

    Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • A slender form in a blanket dyed pirell and onsy stood waving a plume-tipped staff.

    Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • Where the slender, brown, plume-tipped wands etch their charming outline above the snow-covered fields, how the sparrows, finches, buntings, and juncos love to congregate, of course helping to scatter the seeds to the wind while satisfying their hunger on the swaying, down-curved stalks.

    Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

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