noun
- Small corms that develop from a parent corm, used in plant propagation.
Usage: botany; horticulture; plural of cormlet
Examples
- The gardener carefully separated the cormlets from the mature corm.
- Cormlets can be planted individually to grow new plants.
- After flowering, the corm produces several small cormlets around its base.
- These cormlets will develop into full-sized corms within a season or two.
- Propagating gladiolus from cormlets is an economical way to increase your stock.