propagule

Meaning of propagule

noun

a vegetative structure that can become detached from a plant and give rise to a new plant, e.g. a bud, sucker, or spore.

mid 19th century: from modern Latin propagulum ‘small shoot’, diminutive of propago ‘shoot, runner’.

Information about propagule

It is a name.
The plural form of propagule is: propagules.
Languages in which propagule is used:
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- French

Hyphenation of propagule

propag-ule

It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
propagule is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of propagule

Spanish: propágulo
French: propagule
Portuguese: propágulo

Words that rhyme with propagule

gule, coagule, proagule, ragule, tragule, ligule, angule, virgule

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