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Plumule vs Plumula - What's the difference?

plumule | plumula |

In context|botany|lang=en terms the difference between plumule and plumula

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 plumula is (botany) a plumule.

As nouns the difference between plumule and plumula

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 plumula is (botany) a plumule.

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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    plumula

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (botany) A plumule.
  • (zoology) A down feather.
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