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plumule
[ ploom-yool ]
noun
- Botany. the bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo.
- Ornithology. a down feather.
plumule
/ ˈːː /
noun
- the embryonic shoot of seed-bearing plants
- a down feather of young birds that persists in some adults
plumule
/ ̅̅′̅̅ /
- The young shoot of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons and consisting of the epicotyl and often of immature leaves.
- See more at germination
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· [ploom, -y, uh, -ler], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plumule1
C18: from Late Latin ūܱ a little feather
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These plumules interlock and trap tiny pockets of air — it’s actually this layer of air that keeps the cold out and the warmth in.
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Embryo thick and fleshy, "with a large concealed cavity at the summit, the plumule curved in a groove on the outside."
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The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; Ð so called from its spiral form.
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Finally the plumule escapes, its leaves successively breaking through at the tip of the germ-sheath.
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Within the cotyledons the primordial leaves are seen, constituting the plumule or first bud of the plant.
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