plumule
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Same, older, with plumule developed into internode and pair of leaves.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Germinating Onion, more advanced, the chink at base of cotyledon opening for the protrusion of the plumule, consisting of a thread-shaped leaf.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Same in advanced germination: the plumule has developed four or five internodes, bearing single leaves; but the first and second leaves are mere scales, the third begins to serve as foliage; the next more so.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Seedling of same, showing the freshly expanded six cotyledons in a whorl, and the plumule just appearing.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
No plumule or bud appears in the embryo of these two Maples until the seed-leaves have nearly attained their full growth and are acting as foliage-leaves, and until a root is formed below.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
