| Plumous | { } a. [ L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Having feathers or plumes. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Plumose |
| Glucose | n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet. Cf. Glycerin. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
