plumule
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So it is the stem-portion of the plumule which is at first conspicuous and strong-growing.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
A grain cut through the middle in the opposite direction, dividing the embryo through its thick cotyledon and its plumule, the latter consisting of two leaves, one enclosing the other.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Indeed, the earliest growth which carries the very short caulicle out of the shell comes from the formation of foot-stalks to the cotyledons; above these develops the strong plumule, below grows the stout root.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Cotyledons opened to show the radicle a, and the plumule.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Within the cotyledons the primordial leaves are seen, constituting the plumule or first bud of the plant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
