plantlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plantlet
Example Sentences
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This little plantlet feeds upon this stored food until its roots are prepared to do their work.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy
A year ago I sowed seed by the ounce each of A. alpina and of A. sulphurea, but as yet not a single plantlet has rewarded me for my trouble.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
The germ remains in the vesicle, and finally becomes the embryo, fully developed into a plantlet, as may be seen in many seeds.
From The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. by Compton, D. A.
Sometimes the seed-leaves themselves come above the ground, as in the mustard-plant, and sometimes they are left empty behind, while the plantlet shoots through them.
From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.
Yet in this tiny plantlet lies hid the life of the future plant.
From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.
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