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Plantlet vs Seedling - What's the difference?

plantlet | seedling |

As nouns the difference between plantlet and seedling

is that plantlet is young or small plants used as propagules while seedling is a young plant grown from seed.

As an adjective seedling is

which is a seedling (see below.

plantlet

English

Noun

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

    • seedling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • which is a seedling (see below)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A young plant grown from seed
  • Any young, especially
  • # one grown in a nursery for transplanting
  • # a tree smaller than a sapling.

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