Dictionary

plumule en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

plumulose · plumular · plumulaceous

Synonyms

gemmule

Translations (12)

cy cyneginyn (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · ms plumul (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · id plumula (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · pl pączek (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · bg кълн (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · de Plumula (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · fr plumule (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · fi alkeissilmu (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · ca plúmula (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · mi mātātupu (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · es plúmula (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo) · id pucuk lembaga (first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo)