saplings
- plural of sapling.
Example Sentences
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From Sycamore Gap saplings to 'trees of hope'
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
During the Bounty’s infamous mutiny, Tahitian breadfruit saplings filled its hold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The saplings just now poking their needles into the sunlight, and hundreds more that we would only be able to be seen on our hands and knees, will grow and propagate, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
Baimedov, who has become an amateur botanist, tends to about 15,000 saplings, which are aimed at forming a green wall against the sand.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Nearby are saplings, each young tree bordered by fencing to protect it.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
