Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Bot.)

A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of

Noun.

In botany, a small spike of a large one; or a subdivision of a spike.

spikelet ‎(plural spikelets)

(botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge

botany: secondary spike