See Also: propagule(medicine)
propagule(dictionary)

propagule (iou)



propagule noun. M19.
[mod. Latin propagulum dim. of Latin propago shoot, runner: see PROPAGATE, -ULE.]
Botany.
Each of the granules of the soredium of a lichen. M19.
gen. Any structure capable of giving rise to a new plant by asexual or sexual reproduction, as a bulbil, a leafbud, etc. E20.
pro'pagular adjective of or pertaining to a propagule E20.