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Plantlet vs Plantling - What's the difference?

plantlet | plantling |

As nouns the difference between plantlet and plantling

is that plantlet is young or small plants used as propagules while plantling is a small, young, or miniature plant.

plantlet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • young or small plants used as propagules.

    • plantling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, young, or miniature plant.
  • *1992 , M.R. Ahuja, Micropropagation of Woody Plants :
    • Thus, the scheme described above is cost effective, with small numbers of high-cost plantlings' being used to produce very large numbers of lower cost stecklings . An alternative is to use 100 percent ' plantlings .