plantlet

[ plant-lit, plahnt- ]

noun

1. a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plantlet¹

First recorded in 1810–20; plant + -let

Example Sentences

The germ remains in the vesicle, and finally becomes the embryo, fully developed into a plantlet, as may be seen in many seeds.

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The whole plantlet in the seed is the embryo or germ, whence the sprouting of seeds is called germination.

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Instead of directly forming a fern-plantlet, the spore grows first into a body which closely resembles a small Liverwort.

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Plumule, the bud or first shoot of a germinating plantlet above the cotyledons, 13.

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The seed germinates, and after a time the plantlet unites with the stock.

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