plumule

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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

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)

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

For example, the single plumule which develops from a germinating wheat embryo has at its upper end a hundred or more tiny growing points.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred