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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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