‖ plumula Bot.
(ˈpluːmjʊlə)
[L. plūmula (Colum.), dim. of plūma plume.]
= plumule 1.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vii. (1765) 15 Plumula, a scaly Part of the Corculum, which ascends. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 253. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 85 The plumula begins to grow; and when this has grown to a certain extent within the grain, the further germination is checked by exposing the grain on a kiln. |