plumule
noun [C] (PLANT) /ˈpluː.mjuːl/ specializedDefinition
› the first shoot that grows from the seed of a plantParts of plants
(Definition of plumule noun (PLANT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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