plumule

From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule.

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plumule (plural plumules)

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

   Synonym: gemmule

2. (zoology) A down feather.
3. (zoology) The aftershaft of a feather.
4. (zoology) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

• “plumule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ply.myl/

plumule f (plural plumules)

1. plumule

• “plumule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.