Definitions for plumule

plumule plu·mule

Spelling: [ploom-yool]
IPA: /ˈplum yul/

Plumule is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in plumule (ellmpuu).

Definitions for plumule

noun

  1. Botany. the bud of the ascending axis of a plant while still in the embryo.
  2. Ornithology. a down feather.

Origin of plumule

1720-30; New Latin, Latin plūmula. See plume, -ule

Examples for plumule

Same, older, with plumule developed into internode and pair of leaves.

Embryo with a single cotyledon, and the leaves of the plumule alternate.

Plumage generally compact, the feathers with thick spongy shaft, and destitute of plumule.

It consists of one or more seed-leaves or cotyledons, a radicle or young root, and a plumule or young bud.

When there is such a bud between the cotyledons in the seed or seedling it is called the plumule.

It is important that the leaves on the primary axis arising from the plumule are examined.

They may also be divided into those with and without the plumule.

Plumage full and soft; feathers with the plumule much developed.

So it is the stem-portion of the plumule which is at first conspicuous and strong-growing.

Plumage full and strong; feathers with the plumule much developed.

Word Value for plumule
Scrable

11

Words with friends

17

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