n.
Pronunciation: fl ə - ' je-l ə m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -la \ -l ə \ also -lums
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, whip, shoot of a plant
Date: 1852
: any of various elongated filiform appendages of plants or animals: as a : the slender distal part of an antenna b : a long tapering process that projects singly or in groups from a cell and is the primary organ of motion of many microorganisms