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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plantlet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plant-let
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young or small plant used as a propagule.

Etymology

Etymology tree English plant Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English plantlet From plant + -let.

Inflected Forms

plantlets (plural)

Questions

What does plantlet mean?
A young or small plant used as a propagule.
Where does plantlet come from?
Etymology tree English plant Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English plantlet From plant + -let.

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