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Seedlings of plants such as beetroot, radish, rocket, basil and coriander come in many shades of red and green.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2023

Seedlings were gathered from the nursery where they’d been growing in containers for a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2023

Though, if she were being truthful, she had trouble seeing how Seedlings would “disrupt childhood development” and “create a global revolution impacting every child on earth.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2023

Seedlings grow quickly in spring, bloom in early summer and readily reseed for future growing seasons.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

Seedlings from the same fruity and the young of the same litter, sometimes differ considerably from each other, though both the young and the parents...have apparently been exposed to exactly the same conditions of life....

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly