[f. BULB sb. + -LET.] = BULBIL b.
1842. Gray, Struct. Bot., iii. § 3 (1880), 63. Bulblets are small aerial buds which arise in the axils of the leaves of several plants.
1870. Bentley, Bot., 111. Called Aerial bulbs or from their small size, bulbils or bulblets.