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Definition of plumule in English English dictionary
- One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies
- A down feather
- The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons
- The aftershaft of a feather
- {n} the leaf bud, or ascending part of the corcle of a plant
- down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
- under Feather
- of Radicle
- A plumule
- plumula
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plu·mulePronunciation
Etymology
() From Latin plumula, diminutive of pluma "feather"; compare French plumule.Resimler
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