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Empanoplied and plumed We enter'd in, and waited. Tennyson, Prince , v. 4. To pride; boast: used reflexively: as, to plume one's self on one's skill. Can anything in nature induce a man to pride and plume himself in his deformities? South . What busine have I, forsooth, to plume myself because the Duke of Wellington beat the French in Spain? Thackeray , Men and Pictures. Plumed adder, a kind of horned viper of the genus Cerastes, as C. cornutus , having a plume-like formation of the scales over each eye.-Plumed bird. Same as plume bird.-Plumed pink. See pink2 , 1. plume-alum (plömʼal"um), n. A kind of alum occurring in feathery, plumose forms. plume-bird (plöm'berd), n . A member of the subfamily Epimachinæ , and especially of the genus Epimachus . plume-holder (plöm'holder), п. Anything made to secure a plume, as to the head or dre ; especially, an extra piece screwed on a helmet and having a slender pipe or tube, used for this purpose. plumele (plömʻles), a . [ plume + -le .] Featherle , as an animal; having no plumage. Borne on unknown, transparent, plumele wings [a bat]. Eusden , tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., iv. author of many works on American plants.] A genus of trees of the gamopetalous order Аросупассæ, type of the tribe Plumericæ , and of the subtribe Euplumerieæ . It is characterized by the numerous ovules in many rows in two carpels which ripen into two rigid diverging follicles, a calyx glandular within, stamens near the base of the tube of a salver shaped corolla, winged seeds, and unappendaged anthers. There are about 45 species, natives of tropical America, some of them naturalized in the Old World. They are trees with thick branches, alternate long-stalked and prominently feather-veined leaves, and large white, yellow, or purplish flowers in terminal cymes. See jasmine -tree, kam bodja , nosegay - tree , and pagoda -tree. Plumerieæ (plö-mē-ri'ē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (Endlicher, 1836), Plumeria + -cæ .] A tribe of plants of the order Apocynaceæ , the dogbane family, characterized by the distinct carpels of the ovary, peltate seeds, and unappendaged base of the anther-cells, which are filled with pollen throughout. It includes 41 genera, mainly tropical trees or shrubs-two, Vallesia and Amsonia , occurring in the United States, and another, the herbaceous genus Vinca , extending into Europe, and widely naturalized in the Atlantic States. The four subtribes are typified by the genera Rauwolfia , Cerbera , Plumeria , and Ta bernæmontana . plumery (plö'me-ri), n. [ plume + -ery.] Plumes collectively; a number of plumes taken together; a display of plumes. Helms or shields