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seedling

[ seed-ling ]

noun

  1. a plant or tree grown from a seed.
  2. a tree not yet 3 feet (1 meter) high.
  3. any young plant, especially one grown in a nursery for transplanting.


seedling

/ ˈːɪŋ /

noun

  1. a very young plant produced from a seed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

seedling

  1. A young plant, especially one that grows from a seed rather than from a cutting.
  2. See Note at germination
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seedling1

First recorded in 1650–60; seed + -ling 1
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After the heavy rains that winter, she was delighted to find them sprouting in the spring, fighting through the weeds along with buckwheat seedlings.

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The seedlings of the LA Strong Sports foundation were sown, the Redicks speaking with their friends in the community about the best and fastest way to get things going.

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New seedlings can then be grown on a higher scale.

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That strategy, called assisted gene flow, can be accomplished by planting seeds or seedlings, or by relocating mature trees, he said.

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This wild plant, whose seedlings proliferate after a fire, served as a vital food source of many of the region’s Indigenous people, who tended it with prescribed burns.

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