1. Noun form
of Plumula
2. Noun
The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle.
3. Noun
A down feather.
4. Noun
The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.
5. Noun
One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
6. Noun
down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
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