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Plumule   Listen
Plumule

noun
1.
Down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds.





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... of an axis and a scutellum. The axis, which is differentiated into the plumule directed upward and the radicle downward, is small and straight and it is covered more or less by the edges of the scutellum. The scutellum is attached to the axis at about its middle and its outer surface is in contact with the endosperm. ...
— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar


Words linked to "Plumule" :   down, down feather


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