plumule

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So it is the stem-portion of the plumule which is at first conspicuous and strong-growing.

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

Similar section through a seed turned edgewise, showing the thickness of the cotyledons, and the minute plumule between them, i. e. the minute bud on the upper end of the caulicle.

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

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 Gray, Asa

Indeed, the earliest growth which carries the very short caulicle out of the shell comes from the formation of foot-stalks to the cotyledons; above these develops the strong plumule, below grows the stout root.

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

When the seed first thrust its rootlets down into the soil and its plumule up to the sunshine it entered upon a long career.

From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis, Newell Dwight