plumule

Meaning

  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.

Translations

Plumula

plúmula

tümürcük

Gemmule

kuşun ince tuyleri

Etymology

In summary

From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule.

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