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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
/ ˈ±è±ô³Ü˳¾Âá³Ü˱ô /
noun
- the embryonic shoot of seed-bearing plants
- a down feather of young birds that persists in some adults
plumule
/ ±è±ô´ÇÌ…´ÇÌ…³¾â€²²â´ÇÌ…´ÇÌ…±ô /
- 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
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è±ô³Ü·³¾³Ü·±ô²¹°ù [ploom, -y, uh, -ler], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of plumule1
Example Sentences
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.
Embryo thick and fleshy, "with a large concealed cavity at the summit, the plumule curved in a groove on the outside."
The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; Ã so called from its spiral form.
Finally the plumule escapes, its leaves successively breaking through at the tip of the germ-sheath.
Within the cotyledons the primordial leaves are seen, constituting the plumule or first bud of the plant.
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