Words Like PLUMULE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to PLUMULE.
1 Alternative Words Similar to plumule
9 definitions of plumule
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The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
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The aftershaft of a feather.
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One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
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In ornithology, a down-feather; a feather of plumulaceous structure throughout.
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In entomology: A little plume-like organ or ornament.
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One of the peculiar obcordate scales found on the wings of certain lepidopterous insects, as Pieridæ.
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The bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo, situated at the apex of the caulicle (or radicle), above the base of the cotyledon or cotyledons, and inclosed by them when there are two or more.
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down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds