plumule
plumule noun: the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
Noun
plumule (plural plumules)
plumule meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
plumule in Tamil
- முளைக்குருத்து, முளைத்தண்டு, இலைக்குறுத்து
plumule in Bengali
- নরম পালক, পালকের আফটারশ্যাফট
plumule in Malayalam
- ഭ്രൂണശീർഷം
plumule in Kannada
- ಎಳೆಗರಿ, ಬೀಜಾಂಕುರ, ಪ್ರಥಮ ಕಾಂಡ, ಮೊಗ್ಗು
More languagesFewer languages
- plumule in Malay
- plumul
- plumule in Indonesian
- pucuk lembaga, plumula
Synonyms of plumule
Forms of plumule
| plural | plumules |
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Origin of plumule
From Latin plūmula, diminutive of plūma (“feather”); compare French plumule. By surface analysis, plume + -ule.
Words formed from plumule
Questions about plumule
- What does plumule mean?
- Plumule means the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
- What is plumule in Tamil?
- Plumule in Tamil is முளைக்குருத்து, முளைத்தண்டு, இலைக்குறுத்து. See Plumule meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is plumule?
- Plumule is a noun.
- What is the plural of plumule?
- The plural of plumule is plumules.
Words near plumule in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plumule (page history and authors); plumule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plumule (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plumule (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plumule (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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