[f. BUD sb.1 + -LET.] A little bud; a secondary bud springing from another bud.
1800. E. Darwin, Phytologia, 89 (in Webster). To distinguish the parent bud from the numerous budlets, which are its offspring.
[f. BUD sb.1 + -LET.] A little bud; a secondary bud springing from another bud.
1800. E. Darwin, Phytologia, 89 (in Webster). To distinguish the parent bud from the numerous budlets, which are its offspring.