calamus vs plumule

calamus

noun
  • A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. 

  • Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”) 

  • A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms. 

  • The sweet flag, Acorus calamus. 

  • A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies. 

plumule

noun
  • The aftershaft of a feather. 

  • One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies. 

  • The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons. 

  • A down feather. 

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