spongeletn.
/ˈspʌndʒlɪt/ 1. Botany. = spongiole n. 1.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 2) 36 The stigma and the spongelets of the roots.
1841 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 2 210 They will push forth sponglets into the moss.
1870 Academy Mar. 155 In the very first phases of vegetation where the primary spongelet..is clearly the absorbent of moisture.
2. A small sponge.
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1887 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI.
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