seedling
Americannoun
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a plant or tree grown from a seed.
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a tree not yet 3 feet (1 meter) high.
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any young plant, especially one grown in a nursery for transplanting.
noun
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A young plant, especially one that grows from a seed rather than from a cutting.
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See Note at germination
Etymology
Origin of seedling
Vocabulary lists containing seedling
Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Example Sentences
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The Chance Seedling Eight Row refers to the largest cherry size found on a standard cherry gauge.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2021
The company was working with well-known game studios like Insomniac on meditative games like Seedling, where players restore a dying ecosystem by growing holographic plants.
From The Verge • Jul. 6, 2020
Image: Magic Leap Insomniac Games’ Seedling was a simpler demo, letting players cultivate an alien plant on their own table.
From The Verge • Oct. 16, 2018
“My next film, Ice, deals with neuroscience and will pave the way for my more ambitious project, The Seedling, which is set in the future and deals with global warming and biotechnologies,” she says.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2018
A few minutes later Seedling announced effusively that it was his ‘shout.’
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
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