plumule
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin plumula, diminutive of pluma (“feather”); compare French plumule.
Noun edit
plumule (plural plumules)
- (botany) The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
- Synonym: gemmule
- (zoology) A down feather.
- (zoology) The aftershaft of a feather.
- (zoology) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Translations edit
first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
References edit
- “plumule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Noun edit
plumule f (plural plumules)
Further reading edit
- “plumule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.