feather ball
- n a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
feather geranium
- n Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America
feather star
- n free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms
featherbed
- n a mattress stuffed with feathers
- v treat with excessive indulgence
- v hire more workers than are necessary