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plantlet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | flora, plant, plant life |
| Derivation | plant |
Examples of plantlet
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This is one way the plant will continue to survive as it sends out roots to start a new plantlet.
From the toledoblade.com
The trailing stems root where they touch the ground, and before long the new plantlet becomes a mound.
From the chron.com
Each plantlet should have some well-developed roots attached.
From the stltoday.com
As a bloom fades, a plantlet forms, bending the stalk with the weight until it reaches the ground and roots.
From the chron.com
If you don't have time to dig up each little plantlet as it appears, you can use an herbicide labeled for control of yellow nutsedge.
From the washingtonpost.com
Only one single maize plantlet could then be grown under standard laboratory conditions, and one further seedling showed abnormal growth.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A young plant or a small plant
- Plantlets are young or small plants used as propagules. They are usually grown from clippings of mature plants. Many plants such as spider plants naturally create stolons with plantlets on the ends as a form of asexual reproduction.
- A smaller or secondary plant that develops upon another
- A small rooted shoot developed from seed or from cultured cells either by embryogenesis or organogenesis.
- Sometimes called a baby. A small, baby plant which emerges from a leaf cutting or peduncle cutting. A plantlet which emerges from a seed is called a seedling. Also see Rooted Clump.
- A small plant that may grow from a stem, root, or leaf and will grow into a new plant if it is given a suitable environment for developing roots.
- A new plant, complete with leaves and, usually, roots, arising from the roots, runners, rhizomes, or stems of another plant. Also, a new small plant created by division.
- A small plant, usually one produced vegetatively from a parent.
