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plumule
CIDE DICTIONARY
plumule, n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. plumule.].
- The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle. Gray. [1913 Webster]
- A down feather. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
plumule, n.
1 the rudimentary shoot or stem of an embryo plant.
2 a down feather on a young bird.
1 the rudimentary shoot or stem of an embryo plant.
2 a down feather on a young bird.
Derivative
plumulaceous adj. (in sense 2). plumular adj. (in sense 1).
Etymology
F plumule or L plumula, dimin. (as PLUME)
ROGET THESAURUS
plumule
Posterity
N posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat, family, grandchildren, heirs, great-grandchild, child, son, daughter, butcha, bantling, scion, acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch, off-shoot, off- set, ramification, descendant, heir, heiress, heir-apparent, heir- presumptive, chip off the old block, heredity, rising generation, straight descent, sonship, line, lineage, filiation, primogeniture, filial, diphyletic, the child is father of the man, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, like father, like son.For further exploring for "plumule" in Webster Dictionary Online