seedling
noun
a plant or tree grown from a seed.
seedlings
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pluralof seedling.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of survey plots were established and thousands of seedlings were monitored.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
But some seedlings were kept, and so its legacy has not been forgotten.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
A box of seedlings was discovered in the kitchen.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
For the first eight years, he was a one-man operation working out of his backyard He began handing off the seedlings to others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The bishop urges Valjean to take the candlesticks to invest as seedlings in a life devoted to good.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
