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Definition of Scarlet plume

1. Noun. Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarlet Plume

Literary usage of Scarlet plume

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Dakota Or Sioux Indians: From Their Earliest Traditions and by Doane Robinson (1904)
"... and scarlet plume, after spending the winter upon an island in Devils Lake, had spent the spring idling about the country in the neighborhood of the ..."

2. Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs, from Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and by Norman Barton Wood (1906)
"About thirty warriors mounted their horses and went out to kill them: among the number was scarlet plume, a popular young brave, who was a favorite with ..."

3. The Surrender of Sitting Bull: Being a Full and Complete History of the by Edwin Henry Allison (1891)
"About thirty warriors mounted their horses and went out to kill them; among the number was scarlet plume, a popular young brave, who was a favorite with ..."

4. The Complete Poetical Works of Theodore Tilton in One Volume: With a Preface by Theodore Tilton (1897)
"The scarlet plume on Edith's head Flamed like the dying day,— And so the magpie, ... And Edith's scarlet plume without Matched with her heart within— For ..."

5. The Rhine: History and Legends of Its Castles, Abbeys, Monasteries, and Towns by W. O. von Horn (1872)
""Peace," cried-he whose head was adorned with a scarlet plume, and retreated a step ... At these words he of the scarlet plume muttered some scornful words, ..."

6. How We are Governed: A Handbook of the Constitution, Government, Laws, and by Albany de Grenier Fonblanque (1889)
"... fourth have a scarlet plume and a yellow bag, the seventh have a white plume and a scarlet bag, the eighth have a red and white plume and a scarlet bag, ..."

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