Definition of "spikelets" []

• Plural form of spikelet. (noun)

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• "The _involucral spikelets_ are the longest, in contiguous superposed pairs, about 1/2 inch long, and the rachis of the spike is produced beyond these spikelets."
• "Very small, individual, simple flowers (florets) are grouped in inflorescences called spikelets, which are subtended by small leaf-like bracts, the glumes."
• "He picked a few stalks and counted the groups of kernels, or spikelets, on each head."