plumule

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The axis, which is differentiated into the plumule directed upward and the radicle downward, is small and straight and it is covered more or less by the edges of the scutellum.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Plume′let, a down-feather, a plumule: anything resembling a small plume.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

In germination the first leaf of the plumule develops only as a sort of sheath, protecting the tender parts within; the second and the third form the first foliage.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Same opened out, to show the thick cotyledons and the little plumule or bud between them.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The germ-sheath grows vertically upwards, its stiff apex pushing through the soil, while the plumule is hidden in its hollow interior.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various