1. a small corm, especially one that develops as an offset from a parent corm
Usage: botany; horticulture

Examples

• The gardener carefully separated the cormlets from the mature corm before replanting.
• Cormlets can be grown on to produce flowering-sized corms within a season or two.
• Each cormlet has the potential to develop into a full-sized plant.
• The nursery propagates gladiolus by collecting and nurturing cormlets.
• After digging up the corms, we found several small cormlets attached to the base.