plumule
noun
- 1
The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
- 2
A down feather.
- 3
The aftershaft of a feather.
- 4
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
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