Plumule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A down feather.
  • n. Botany The rudimentary terminal bud of a plant embryo situated at the end of the hypocotyl, consisting of the epicotyl and often of immature leaves.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
  • n. A down feather.
  • n. The aftershaft of a feather.
  • n. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of radicle.
  • n.
  • n. A down feather.
  • n. The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.
  • n. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In ornithology, a down-feather; a feather of plumulaceous structure throughout.
  • n. In entomology: A little plume-like organ or ornament.
  • n. One of the peculiar obcordate scales found on the wings of certain lepidopterous insects, as Pieridæ.
  • n. The bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo, situated at the apex of the caulicle (or radicle), above the base of the cotyledon or cotyledons, and inclosed by them when there are two or more.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    down feather    down   
    Variant
    radicle    feather   
     
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