Crossword-Solution: PLUMULE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Plumule | pl. | of Plumula |
| Plumule | n. | The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle. |
| Plumule | n. | A down feather. |
| Plumule | n. | The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather. |
| Plumule | n. | One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| embryonic shoot of seed-bearing plants | 1 answer |
| YOUNG shoot | 5 answers |
| Plume. | 15 answers |
| Feather ___. | 31 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with PLUMULE (5)
Thus the main divisions of flowering plants are founded on differences in the embryo—on the number and position of the cotyledons, and on the mode of development of the plumule and radicle.
But I suppose the Cotyledons and their position, and the position of the plumule and the radicle, and the position and form of the whole embryo in the seed are embryological, and how far are these very important? I wish to instance plants as a case of high importance of embryological characters in classification.
Canna Warscewiczii (Cannaceae).—A seedling with the plumule projecting one inch above the ground was observed, but not under fair conditions, as it was brought out of the hot-house and kept in a room not sufficiently warm.
The plumule is straight; and this was the first instance observed by us of the part that first breaks through the ground not being arched.
Asparagus officinalis (Asparageae).—The tip of a straight plumule or cotyledon (for we do not know which it should be called) was found at a depth of .1 inch beneath the surface, and the earth was then removed all round to the dept of .3 inch.