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plumule

noun

Etymology

From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface analysis, plume + -ule.

  1. derived from plūmula

Definitions

  1. The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.

  2. A down feather.

  3. The aftershaft of a feather.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

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