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.

Origin of plantlet

First recorded in 1810–20; plant + -let

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 Blot
The 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. Newell
Instead of directly forming a fern-plantlet, the spore grows first into a body which closely resembles a small Liverwort.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
Plumule, the bud or first shoot of a germinating plantlet above the cotyledons, 13.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
The seed germinates, and after a time the plantlet unites with the stock.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde Bailey

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