What does the word plumule mean?
Definition of plumule 1 : the primary bud of a plant embryo usually situated at the apex of the hypocotyl and consisting of leaves and an epicotyl.
What is plumule in seed?
Plumule is the part of the seed embryo, which develops into the shoot after the germination of seeds. These occur above the cotyledons and are grown into a plant giving rise to several leaves, branches, flowers and seeds. The plumule is composed of the epicotyl, young leaves and the shoot apical meristem.
Where does the word plumule come from?
Early 18th century from French plumule or Latin plumula ‘small feather’, diminutive of pluma ‘down’.
What is radicle and plumule?
Plumule is the embryonic shoot of the plant. Radicle is the first part of the seedling. Plumule grows after the radicle. The radicle makes the root of the plant. Plumule makes the plant shoot.
What is the Bengali meaning of Plumule?
noun. down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds.
What is Plumule function?
Function of plumules Plumule is the part of the embryo, which helps in the development of the shoot system, comprising of stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. Plumule produces food for the growing embryonic plant through the biological process of photosynthesis.
What is plumule function?
What does the plumule of the embryo referred to?
The plumule is the part of a seed embryo that develops into the shoot bearing the first true leaves of a plant. These seeds develop by the plumule growing up through the soil with the cotyledons remaining below the surface. This is known as hypogeal germination.
What is Micropyle and hilum?
Hilum and micropyle are two characteristic markers of the seed. In fact, hilum is the scar on the seed coat that shows the location at which the ovule and the ovary wall attach to each other while micropyle is a small pore which shows the point from which the pollen tube entered the ovary during fertilization.
What is Colocasia Bengali?
In Bengal, the plant is called kachu.
What is the meaning of cotyledon in Bengali?
translation of ‘cotyledon’ বীজ থেকে অঙ্কুরিত প্রথম পাতা বীজপত্র