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Plumula

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plumulenoun(zoology) A down feather.
gemmulenoun(biology) (specifically, zoology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges (phylum Porifera) that develops into a new sponge.
plumulariannoun(zoology) Belonging or relating to the plumularia.
plumenounThe vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
plumularianoun(zoology, archaic) A plume hydroid; any hydrozoan belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumulariidae, generally growing in plume-like forms.
plumed disseminulenoun(botany) A fruit or seed bearing a plume.
petiolulenoun(botany) The petiole of a pinna or pinnule.
petalumnoun(botany, obsolete) A petal.
plumologynoun(biology) The branch of biology that deals with feathers and plumage
plantulenoun(botany, dated) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
ligulenoun(botany) A portion of a leaf found at the base of the petiole, when present.
planticlenoun(archaic) A young or small plant, or plant in embryo.
pilumnoun(historical) A Roman military javelin.
pluteusnoun(zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
umbellulenoun(botany) An umbellet.
planulanoun(zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.
hypopodiumnoun(botany) The basal podium of a foliage leaf.
pinnulenoun(botany) Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.
hyperphyllnoun(botany) A distal part of a sprout or a leaf.
perulanoun(botany) One of the scales of a leaf bud.

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