Definition of plumule Plumule
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We found 11 definitions of plumule from 4 different sources.
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What does plumule mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: plumules |
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| plumule - down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds |
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Wiktionary 
- plumule (Noun)
The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. - plumule (Noun)
A down feather. - plumule (Noun)
The aftershaft of a feather. - plumule (Noun)
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- plumule (pl. )
of Plumula - plumule (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. - plumule (n.)
A down feather. - plumule (n.)
The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather. - plumule (n.)
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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plumule
plōō′mūl, 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. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma, a feather.]
