1. small or young plants, especially those produced asexually by a parent plant
Usage: botany

Examples

• The spider plant produced numerous plantlets along its trailing stems.
• Gardeners can separate the plantlets from the mother plant to create new specimens.
• Small plantlets formed at the leaf margins of the succulent.
• The strawberry plant sent out runners with plantlets at the nodes.
• She carefully transplanted the tiny plantlets into individual pots.
• Plantlets can develop roots while still attached to the parent plant.