plantule

English

Etymology

From French plantule, diminutive of plante (“a plant”), Latin planta.

Noun

plantule (plural plantules)

1. (botany, dated) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.

Translations

plant embryo which has begun its development

• Portuguese: plântula (pt) f

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plantule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

plantule f (plural plantules)

1. plantule
2. small plant

Further reading

• “plantule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.