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

Example Sentences

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plantlet

Yet in this tiny plantlet lies hid the life of the future plant.

From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

And so if we choose a large seed, we have chosen a greater amount of food for the plantlet.

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

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.

In the hole the plantlet should then be suspended so all the roots and a little of the stem beneath the surface will be covered when the soil is replaced.

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville)

So the plantlet has no hindrance to its growth when spring opens.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen