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Rareplumule
The correct spelling is plumule.
How to pronounce plumule
noun
Say it like: Plu-mul-e
The correct spelling is plumule. The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
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Definition
noun
- 1.The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
- 2.A down feather.
- 3.The aftershaft of a feather.
- 4.One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
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