Styles are free with plumose stigmas, laterally exserted. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Ovary is glabrous with two styles ending in plumose stigmas. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Styles are short, with plumose stigmas and laterally exserted. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The pilings are covered with plumose anemones, invertebrate filter feeders. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream] Reference
The = pistil = consists of an ovary and two styles ending in plumose stigmas. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Styles are distinct with plumose stigmas exserted laterally near the apex of the spikelet. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The styles are slender and distinct with plumose stigmas exserted at the top of the spikelet. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Citrate: antennae with very long, curled lateral branches which may or may not be ciliated; see plumose. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
One of our agents copied the letter before it was sent and it reads, "le sept plumose, Van six de la Republique Frangaise.". From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Tiger]
Head and antennæ black, arista plumose; thorax with two slender, darker, almost obsolete stripes; hind borders of the abdominal segments black; legs piceous, femora black, coxæ tawny; wings grey, with. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
The terminal position of the inflorescence, its protrusion far above the level of the foliage leaves, the swinging and dangling anthers, the abundance of non-sticking pollen and the plumose stigmas are all intended to facilitate pollination by wind. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Antennæ pale tawny, arista plumose; thorax with two slender, darker, almost obsolete stripes; scutellum black; pectus piceous; abdomen ferruginous; wings black, cinereous along the hind border for more than half its length from the base, veins as in the preceding species. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Both features help pollen grains adhere to their bodies, but they also have specialized pollen-carrying structures; in most bees, this takes the form of a structure known as the scopa, which is on the hind legs of most bees, and/or the lower abdomen (e.g., of megachilid bees), made up of thick, plumose setae. From Wordnik.com. [Pollinator] Reference
Mr. Hemsley adds, that this substance proves to be the plumose seeds of. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Most of them have a plumose look about them, but some do not divide at all and are oddly arranged. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The CRINOID, named from its resemblance to the lily, is like the cystoid in many respects, but has a longer stem and supports a crown of plumose arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
Coriaria arborea, C. pteridoides, and C. plumose are common pioneer shrubs and/or trees in many parts of the country, and are rarely if ever found in late-successional forests. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
This animal retains during the whole of life not only the gill-aperture on each side, but also the external plumose gills which are transitory in the Anoura and in all the Urodela hitherto mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
As the tadpole grows, the external plumose gills at first greatly enlarge (Fig. 3, 2 and 2 a.), but afterwards become gradually absorbed, and are succeeded by short gill filaments, which are developed along each of the branchial arches. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
Colourful colonies of whitecap limpets, red turban snails, blue topsnails, and giant plumose anemones spread below the surface and climb the sides of the winding, shallow, kilometre-long channel that separates Moresby and Burnaby islands. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgia Straight - News And Views] Reference
"That I just will," said the little sailor; and toddling to one of the most heavily-laden of the trees near, where the nuts could be seen pendent beneath the plumose leaves which glistened in the evening sun, he placed the monkey against the smooth-stemmed tree. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle] Reference
The dog may be of the most amiable disposition, and without the slightest desire to fight or worry, but as soon as he is seen, up goes the cat's back in an arch, the tail becomes plumose and the fur horrent, while, with dilated eyes and displayed teeth glistening, puss indulges in the bad language peculiar to cats. From Wordnik.com. [Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel] Reference
Styles are two free, with plumose stigmas. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Cristate and plumose ferns are another instance. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
The plumose anemone. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"plumose" antennae. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Ferns, 63 cristate, 427 plumose, 427. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
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