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Plumule

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Noun

1. plumule

down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plumule

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noun
1. 
the embryonic shoot of seed-bearing plants
2. 
a down feather of young birds that persists in some adults

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Plumule

see synonyms of plumule
noun
1.  Botany
the growing stem tip of the embryo of a seed, above the place of attachment of the cotyledons
2.  Ornithology
a soft down feather of young birds, persisting in some adults

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Plumule

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n.
1. A down feather.
2. The young shoot of a plant embryo above the cotyledons, consisting of the epicotyl and often of immature leaves.

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