plumule

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Scrabble points
11
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17
Letters
7

Definition of plumule

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
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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.

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Etymology

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

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