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ˈplantlet
[f. plant n.1 + -let.]
a. An embryo or undeveloped plant.
b. A diminutive or tiny plant.
1816Keith Phys. Bot. II. 17 At the end of the ninth day the plantlet had wholly escaped from its integuments. 1877F. G. Heath Fern W. 10 This plantlet or embryo consists of two principal organs united to each other. 1878― Woodland Trees 23 Temporary abiding places of the plantlets. 1899[see damping vbl. n. 2]. 1935A. F. Hort Garden Variety iv. 226 Here [sc. in a box] the plantlets..will remain for weeks or months. 1946D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist i. 18 For a seed is not just part of a plant; detached it is a complete plant, with a plantlet folded inside, a supply of food, an infinitesimal supply of moisture. 1970Nature 19 Sept. 1265/2 Anthers from entirely white shoots gave rise to white plantlets. |