noun
- a small spike of flowers, especially one of the basic units of a grass inflorescence
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Each spikelet contains several tiny flowers arranged along a central axis.
- The wheat head is composed of numerous spikelets.
- Botanists examine the structure of grass spikelets to identify species.
- The spikelet fell from the mature grain stalk.
- Rice flowers are organized into branched clusters of spikelets.
- Students learned to count the florets within each spikelet.