'Spongelet' definitions:
Definition of 'Spongelet'
From: GCIDE
- Spongelet \Sponge"let\ (-l[e^]t), n. See Spongiole. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'spongelet'
From: GCIDE
- Spongiole \Spon"gi*ole\ (sp[u^]n"j[i^]*[=o]l; 277), n. [L. spongiola a rose gall, small roots, dim. of spongia: cf. F. spongiole.] (Bot.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet. [1913 Webster]