plantlet

American  

[plant-lit, plahnt-] / ˈplænt lɪt, ˈplɑnt- /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of plantlet

First recorded in 1810–20; plant + -let

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plantlet

See the bean plantlet, big, sturdy, fellow, is still clinging to its seed leaves or cotyledons, its baby nourishment.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw

Embryo, the rudimentary plantlet in a seed, 11, 127.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

The Embryo or Germ, which is the rudimentary plantlet and the final result of blossoming, and its development in germination have been extensively illustrated in Sections II. and III.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

The dormant plantlet in a seed is also known as an embryo.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

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 Arabella B. Buckley