"Plumula" is a word in ENGLISH

The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called …

A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.

A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.

Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons.

Relating to a plumule.

The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. …

of Plumula

The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

A down feather.

The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.