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noun

Plumule n.

(Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.

(Zool.)

(a)

A down feather.

(b)

The aftershaft of a feather.

(c)

One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

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Etymology of 'Plumule'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... proportion; with atmospheric air containing its ordinary minute dose of carbonic acid; and with nothing else but sunlight and heat. Under these circumstances, unnatural as they are, with proper management, the bean will thrust forth its radicle and its plumule; the former will grow down into roots, the latter grow up into the stem and leaves of a vigorous bean-plant; and this plant will, in due time, flower and produce its crop of beans, just as if it were grown in the ...

— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

Words linked to "Plumule" : down, down feather