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Plumule vs Coleorhiza - What's the difference?

plumule | coleorhiza |

As nouns the difference between plumule and coleorhiza

is that plumule is (botany) the first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons while coleorhiza is a sheath-like structure found in a plant seed that connects the coleoptile to the primary root and acts as a protective covering enclosing the plumule and radicle.

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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    coleorhiza

    English

    Noun

    (coleorhizae)
  • A sheath-like structure found in a plant seed that connects the coleoptile to the primary root and acts as a protective covering enclosing the plumule and radicle.