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Definition of propagule - 2 dictionary results

prop⋅a⋅gule

[prop-uh-gyool]
–noun
Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
Also, pro⋅pag⋅u⋅lum [proh-pag-yuh-luhm] .


Origin:
1855–60; < NL propāgulum, deriv. of propāgō shoot, runner; see propagate, -ule
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prop·a·gule   (prŏp'ə-gyōōl')   
n.  Any of various usually vegetative portions of a plant, such as a bud or other offshoot, that aid in dispersal of the species and from which a new individual may develop.

[New Latin prōpāgulum, diminutive of Latin prōpāgō, shoot, from prōpāgāre, to propagate; see propagate.]
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