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
A box of seedlings was discovered in the kitchen.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Two seedlings from the last known wild dendroseris neriifolia tree have arrived at Logan Botanic Garden in Dumfries and Galloway after an international rescue effort involving experts in Chile and the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Pine plantations are started with several hundred seedlings an acre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
This morning, while checking on my experiment in the growth of hydroponic flax, I’d noticed the paper I’d taped to my desk lamp to concentrate the beam onto the seedlings.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
