Definition of PLUMULE (Meaning of PLUMULE), a 7 Letter Word

Pronunciation:		'ploomyool


WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds

PLUMULE is a 7 letter word that starts with P.
	See Also:	down, down feather

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Plu"mule\, n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. plumule.] 1. (Bot.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A down feather. (b) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under {Feather}. (c) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	The portion of an embryo that gives rise to the shoot system (as distinct from the root system) of a plant. Compare radicle.