Plume (noun)
pl-oom
A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament. / A cloud of smoke or vapour.
Late Middle English from Old French, from Latin pluma ‘down’.
Example sentences
“A plume of smoke billowed from the tower.”
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