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

It involves growing small pieces of plant tissue in a controlled laboratory environment to create virus-free plantlets.

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You can use these offsets, often called plantlets or pups, to start new plants to grow or share with others.

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Instead, the plants must be regenerated as a clonal organisms, such as potatoes, from plantlets growing in sterile test tubes.

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Spider plants are easy to propagate because they produce plantlets at the ends of their stalks.

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Spider plants, sometimes called airplane plants because of their arching leaves and floating plantlets, grow well in hanging baskets.

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