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 thick and fleshy, "with a large concealed cavity at the summit, the plumule curved in a groove on the outside."

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

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 Gray, Asa

Instead of this, they nourish into rapid growth the plumule, which is plainly visible in the seed, as a pair of incipient leaves; and these form the first actual foliage.

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

It is important that the leaves on the primary axis arising from the plumule are examined.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association