plumule
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Plumula
The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledonsThe first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
Meaning
4 sensesThe first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
Plumula
A down feather.
down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
The aftershaft of a feather.
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Translations
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By meaning 1
first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo:
Origin
From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface anFrom Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface analysis, plume + -ule.
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