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Cotyledons vs Plumule - What's the difference?

cotyledons | plumule |

As nouns the difference between cotyledons and plumule

is that cotyledons is plural of lang=en while plumule is the first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.

cotyledons

English

Noun

(head)

    • plumule

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
  • (zoology) A down feather.
  • (zoology) The aftershaft of a feather.
  • (zoology) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

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