plumule
Meaning
- The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
- A down feather.
- The aftershaft of a feather.
- One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Translations
Etymology
In summary
From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule.
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