plumule
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin plumula, diminutive of pluma (“feather”); compare French plumule.
Noun[edit]
plumule (plural plumules)
- (botany) The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
- Synonym: gemmule
- (zoology) A down feather.
- (zoology) The aftershaft of a feather.
- (zoology) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Translations[edit]
first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
References[edit]
- “plumule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
plumule f (plural plumules)
Further reading[edit]
- “plumule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.