meaning of plumule
1. The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle.
2. A down feather.
3. The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.
4. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
5. of Plumula
6. down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
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