Plumule

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.

2.nounA down feather.

3.nounThe aftershaft of a feather.

4.nounOne of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

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