a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant
Word origin
[1810–20; plant + -let]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, knockout, rationalize, unitary, voodoo-let is a diminutive suffix attached to nouns (booklet; piglet; ringlet), and, by extraction from bracelet, a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the partof the body specified by the noun (anklet; wristlet)
Examples of 'plantlet' in a sentence
plantlet
In spring, sever this plantlet from the parent plant and transplant elsewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Just cut the stalk and bury it in the compost, giving the attached plantlet space to grow.