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Plumule
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noun
Plumule
n.
1.
(Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A down feather.
(b)
The aftershaft of a feather.
(c)
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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