plumule

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plumule

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

noun plumules

The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
Similar: gemmule
A down feather.
The aftershaft of a feather.
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

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noun first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo

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@misc{plumule_2026,
  title = {plumule},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plumule},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}