Exoptile

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exoptile \Ex*op"tile\, n. [F., fr.Gr. ? without + ? feather,
     plumage.] (Bot.)
     A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called
     because the plumule is naked.
     [1913 Webster]