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Definition of sapling
1 : a young tree; specifically : one not over four inches (about 10 centimeters) in diameter at breast height
2 : youth 2a
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In 1692, all a sapling had to fear was weather, disease or passing horses.
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Within a few months the saplings had reached an impressive height and produced a cornucopia of yellow fruit.
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As a parting gift, Boukaram says, each visitor was given a cedar tree sapling.
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Over time, this land had succumbed to sucker weeds and briars and red-brush saplings, all of which, it was determined, badly needed clearing.
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A few feet up the ridge, the foresters exited the vehicle and crunched through the woods, searching for small oak saplings.
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When water becomes less available, for example, new saplings grow in areas that get more rain – and shifting rain patterns from climate change means that the West is becoming wetter while the East is becoming drier.
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In a ring surrounding the base of cedar stump in Carmanah, saplings have begun to sprout.
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Those that died were replaced with eucalyptus saplings, some of different varieties to promote diversity, and provided with irrigation that will continue until the trees are established.
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First Known Use of sapling
14th century
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