plumule
Americannoun
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Botany. the bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo.
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Ornithology. a down feather.
noun
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the embryonic shoot of seed-bearing plants
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a down feather of young birds that persists in some adults
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The young shoot of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons and consisting of the epicotyl and often of immature leaves.
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See more at germination
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The part bearing the tiny leaves was formerly, and is sometimes now, called the plumule, but is generally called the epicotyl, because it grows above or upon the cotyledons.
From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
The germ-sheath grows vertically upwards, its stiff apex pushing through the soil, while the plumule is hidden in its hollow interior.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The sheath which envelopes the radicle is called coleorhiza and that of the plumule, pileole or germ-sheath.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Same, older, with plumule developed into internode and pair of leaves.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
So it is the stem-portion of the plumule which is at first conspicuous and strong-growing.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
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