plumule

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Embryo with a single cotyledon, and the leaves of the plumule alternate.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Em�bry-o, the little plant forming a part of the seed, usually consisting of caulicle, one or more cotyledons and a plumule.

From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by Beal, W. J. (William James)

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.

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

Nothing would be gained by elevating them, as they never grow out into efficient leaves; but the joint of stem belonging to the plumule lengthens well, carrying up its pair of real foliage-leaves.

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