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plumule


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plumule  \Plu"mule\,  n.  [L.  plumula,  dim.  of  pluma  a  feather;  cf 
  F.  plumule.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  The  first  bud,  or  gemmule,  of  a  young  plant;  the 
  bud,  or  growing  point,  of  the  embryo,  above  the 
  cotyledons.  See  Illust.  of  {Radicle}.  --Gray. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  down  feather. 
  b  The  aftershaft  of  a  feather.  See  Illust.  under 
  {Feather}. 
  c  One  of  the  featherlike  scales  of  certain  male 
  butterflies. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plumula  \Plu"mu*la\,  n.;  pl  L.  {Plumule},  E.{-las}.  [L.  See 
  {Plumule}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  A  plumule. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  down  feather. 




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