plantlet
[ plant-lit, plahnt- ]
noun
a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
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How to use plantlet in a sentence
The germ remains in the vesicle, and finally becomes the embryo, fully developed into a plantlet, as may be seen in many seeds.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato; and How to Cook the Potato | D. H. Compton and Pierre BlotThe whole plantlet in the seed is the embryo or germ, whence the sprouting of seeds is called germination.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf | Jane H. NewellInstead of directly forming a fern-plantlet, the spore grows first into a body which closely resembles a small Liverwort.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayPlumule, the bud or first shoot of a germinating plantlet above the cotyledons, 13.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayThe seed germinates, and after a time the plantlet unites with the stock.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde Bailey
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