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Definition of: plumule
(pl
′myl) noun
1. Ornithol. A feather having the barbs soft and free; a downy feather.
2. Bot. The rudimentary or first bud of a plant embryo; the first bud of a germinating plant above the cotyledons. [<L plumula, dim. of pluma feather]
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