Word of the Day for Monday 7th April 2014
Plantlet \ PLANT-lit, PLAHNT- \, noun;
1. A little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the
aerial stems of a spider plant.
Quotes:
She worked with one of her favourites, an enormous African violet that had
come from a plantlet her grandmother had given her more than thirty years
before.
-- Nora Roberts, Black Rose: In the Garden Trilogy , 2005
He moved the plantlet closer to the light. He had abolished the drapes and
pushed the furniture to one side to make room for a long table in front of
the windows.
-- Beverly Byrne, Come Sunrise , 1987
Origin:
Plantlet entered English in the early 1800’s. It is a combination of the
common word plant and the diminutive suffix let
which is attached to nouns, such as booklet and piglet.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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