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Apache plume

noun

Etymology

From Apache + plume from the plume-like fruits and from one of the Native American peoples associated with part of its range.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻ — “to fly”
  2. derived from *plouksmā✻
  3. derived from plūma — “feather, plumage”
  4. derived from plume,plome — “feather, plumage”
  5. derived from plum,plume
  6. inherited from plum,plume — “feather; plumage”
  7. compounded as apache plume — “Apache + plume”

Definitions

  1. A desert shrub in the family Rosaceae native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico,…

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

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