Definition of Plumelet

1. n. A small plume.

Definition of Plumelet

1. Noun. A small plume. When rosy plumelets tuft the larch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plumelet

1. a small feather [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumelet

plumcot
plumcot tree
plumcots
plume moth
plume poppy
plume thistle
plumed
plumed scorpionfish
plumed thistle
plumed thistles
plumed tussock
plumeless
plumelet (current term)
plumelets
plumelike
plumeria
plumerias
plumeries
plumery
plumes
plumicorn
plumicorns
plumier
plumiest
plumigerous
plumiliform
pluming

Literary usage of Plumelet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1819)
"But if 1 take a seed whose plumelet is not deflected, and plant it so as that the plumelet shall point perpendicularly downwards, why should it again turn ..."

2. A System of Physiological Botany by Patrick Keith (1816)
"It follows therefore that the plumelet derives its nourishment from the radicle ... The constant and unerring uniformity with which the radicle and plumelet ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"It could not, therefore, succeed by being inverted, because the radicle and plumelet contain as yet no principle whose developement could be effected in any ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"It could not, therefore, succeed by being inverted, because the radicle and plumelet contain as yet no principle whose developement could be effected in any ..."

5. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1816)
"Particularly the process of evaporation will be impeded under such circumstances, if the plumelet is besides invested with some other organ which it has not ..."

6. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"The next step, in the case of seeds furnished with cotyledons, is that of the extrication of the plumelet (c), or first real leaf, from within the cotyledon ..."

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