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Plumule
Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany:
The first
bud
, or
growing
point, of a
plant
embryo
,
situated
above the cotyledons.
●
In Zoology:
A down feather.
●
In Zoology:
The
aftershaft
of a feather.
●
In Zoology:
One of the
featherlike
scales
of certain
male
butterflies.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
plumule
English
plumula
Latin
pluma
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Panicle
Hypocotyl
Mycelium
Cotyledons
Buds
Meristem
Radicle
Cotyledon
Hyphae
Stolons
Inflorescences
Seedling
Rhizome
Seed Coat
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