plumule

Betekenis (Engels)

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. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Synoniemen

down feather

fluff

node

down

tumour

plumelet

sprout

Etymologie (Engels)

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