budlet

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Budlet \Bud"let\, n. [Bud + -let.]
   A little bud springing from a parent bud.
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         We have a criterion to distinguish one bud from
         another, or the parent bud from the numerous budlets
         which are its offspring.                 --E. Darwin.
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