Plumule

[plu:mju:l]

Definition

(noun.) down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds.

Typist: Sam--From WordNet

Definition

(pl. ) of Plumula

(n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle.

(n.) A down feather.

(n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

(n.) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Typist: Ronald

Definition

n. (bot.) the first bud of a plant growing from seed springing from between the cotyledons or seed leaves: a soft feather: a feathery scale on a butterfly's wing.—Also Plum′ula.

Checker: Mara