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Etymology
From L. plumula, diminutive of pluma "feather"; compare French plumule.

Noun
plumule

1. botany The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons.
2. zoology A down feather.
3. zoology The aftershaft of a feather.
4. zoology One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterfly|butterflies.

References
R:Webster 1913

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