English Explanatory Dictionary

plumule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
  2. A down feather.
  3. The aftershaft of a feather.
  4. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Word forms

plumule plumules

Etymology

From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface analysis, plume + -ule.

Synonyms

gemmule

Derived words

plumulaceous plumular plumulose
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