Category:Plumule

Plu"mule, n. Etym: [l. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. Plumule.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: the first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or Growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See illust. of Radicle. Gray.

2. (zoöl.) (a) a down feather. (b) the aftershaft of a feather. See illust. under feather. (c) one of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.