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seedling

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seed·ling  (sdlng)
n.
A young plant that is grown from a seed.
seedling [ˈsiːdlɪŋ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a very young plant produced from a seed
seedling  (sdlng)
A young plant, especially one that grows from a seed rather than from a cutting. See Note at germination.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seedlingseedling - young plant or tree grown from a seed
phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte - plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
Translations
seedling [ˈsiːdlɪŋ] N → planta f de semillero
seedling [ˈsiːdlɪŋ] n → jeune plant m, semis m
seed money n (COMMERCE) → capital m de départ
seedling
n → Sämling m
seedling [ˈsiːdlɪŋ] n → semenzale m
seedling [ˈsiːdlɪŋ] n → semenzale m


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Here was I thinking you a new-sprung child of nature; there were you, the belated seedling of an effete aristocracy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
What was the agony of the unfortunate Boxtel on seeing the windows of the new story set out with bulbs and seedlings of tulips for the border, and tulips in pots; in short, with everything pertaining to the pursuits of a tulip-monomaniac!
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The sandbars, with their clean white beaches and their little groves of willows and cottonwood seedlings, were a sort of No Man's Land, little newly created worlds that belonged to the Black Hawk boys.
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