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The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: gemmule
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A down feather.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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The aftershaft of a feather.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: down, down feather
From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface analysis, plume + -ule.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
кълн
(kǎln)
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Catalan:
plúmula
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Finnish:
alkeissilmu
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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French:
plumule
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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German:
Plumula
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Indonesian:
pucuk lembaga
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Indonesian:
plumula
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Malay:
plumul
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Māori:
mātātupu
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Polish:
pączek
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Spanish:
plúmula
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo
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Welsh:
cyneginyn
— first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo