Definition of Plantlet

1. Noun. A young plant or a small plant.

Generic synonyms: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Derivative terms: Plant

Definition of Plantlet

1. n. A little plant.

Definition of Plantlet

1. Noun. young or small plants used as propagules. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plantlet

1. a small plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Plantlet

1. A little plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantlet

planters
plantership
planteth
planthood
planthopper
planticle
planticles
plantigrada
plantigrade
plantigrade mammal
plantigrades
plantin'
planting
plantings
plantless
plantlet (current term)
plantlets
plantlife
plantlike
plantlike flagellate
plantocracies
plantocracy
plants
plantsman
plantsmen
plantule
plantules
plantwide
plantwise
plantæ

Literary usage of Plantlet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"Relation of size of seeds to vigor of the resulting plantlet. ... The plumper and larger the seed, the stronger will be the resulting plantlet. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"obtain; but the plantlet of Cuscuta, after its germination upon the ground seems, by the movements of its free end, to start out in search of opportunities. ..."

3. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"And in the Beech and Bean, the leaves of the plumule come forward almost before the root has attached the plantlet to the soil. (Fig. 32, 35. ..."

4. Principles of Plant Culture: An Elementary Treatise Designed Asa Text-book by Emmett Stull Goff (1910)
"THE INNER STRUCTURE OF THE plantlet. Thus far, we have considered the plantlet mainly from the outside. Before going farther, it is well to learn also ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1905)
"been placed high up on a long thorn, the lengthening of the embryo may go on until the endosperm is exhausted, and so the plantlet dies without making its ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"been placed high up on a long thorn, the lengthening of the embryo may go on until the endosperm is exhausted, and so the plantlet dies without making its ..."

7. First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology: To which is Added a by Asa Gray (1857)
"... and these leaves appear in the seedling plantlet, each from within its predecessor, and therefore originating higher up on the forming stem (Fig. ..."

8. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"Relation of size of seeds to vigor of the resulting plantlet. ... The plumper and larger the seed, the stronger will be the resulting plantlet. ..."

9. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"obtain; but the plantlet of Cuscuta, after its germination upon the ground seems, by the movements of its free end, to start out in search of opportunities. ..."

10. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"And in the Beech and Bean, the leaves of the plumule come forward almost before the root has attached the plantlet to the soil. (Fig. 32, 35. ..."

11. Principles of Plant Culture: An Elementary Treatise Designed Asa Text-book by Emmett Stull Goff (1910)
"THE INNER STRUCTURE OF THE plantlet. Thus far, we have considered the plantlet mainly from the outside. Before going farther, it is well to learn also ..."

12. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1905)
"been placed high up on a long thorn, the lengthening of the embryo may go on until the endosperm is exhausted, and so the plantlet dies without making its ..."

13. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"been placed high up on a long thorn, the lengthening of the embryo may go on until the endosperm is exhausted, and so the plantlet dies without making its ..."

14. First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology: To which is Added a by Asa Gray (1857)
"... and these leaves appear in the seedling plantlet, each from within its predecessor, and therefore originating higher up on the forming stem (Fig. ..."

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