PLUMULE Plu"mule, n. Etym: [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf. F. plumule.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A down feather. (b) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather. (c) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
PLUMULOSE
Plu"mu*lose", a.
Defn: Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.
PLUMY
Plum"y, a.
Defn: Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.
"His plumy crest." Addison. "The plumy trees." J. S. Blackie.
PLUNDER
Plun"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.]
Etym: [G. plündern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.]
1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. South.