PLUMULE


Meaning of PLUMULE in English

— plumular /ploohm"yeuh leuhr/ , adj.

/ploohm"yoohl/ , n.

1. Bot. the bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo.

2. Ornith. a down feather.

[ 1720-30; plumula. See PLUME, -ULE ]

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