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Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

Exoptile :: Exoptile (n.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.

Exorhiza :: Exorhiza (n.) A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..

Acrospire :: Acrospire (n.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

Plumular :: Plumular (a.) Relating to a plumule.

Plumule :: Plumule (pl. ) of Plumul.

Exorhizous :: Exorhizous (a.) Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Plumule :: 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..

Plumula :: Plumula (n.) A plumule.

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) A down feather.

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