plumule

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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

Related Terms

A plumule

plumula

Hyphenation

plu·mule

Etymology

() From Latin plumula, diminutive of pluma "feather"; compare French plumule.