dilute vs plumule

dilute

noun
  • An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

adj
  • Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

  • Having a low concentration. 

  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

verb
  • To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. 

  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak. 

  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. 

plumule

noun
  • A down feather. 

  • One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies. 

  • The aftershaft of a feather. 

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

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