Plumule

Plumule - Other Definitions

• (pl. ) of Plumula
  
  
• (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.
  
  
• (n.) A down feather.
  
  
• (n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.
  
  
• (n.) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.