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Definition of seedling
1 : a young plant grown from seed
2a : a young tree before it becomes a saplingb : a nursery plant not yet transplanted
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Recent Examples of seedling from the Web
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Laying black plastic helps control weeds by preventing light from reaching weed seedlings, but will not be effective on established perennial weeds that will sometimes poke through plastic.
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Remember: Those seedlings will need extra attention and moisture to make it through July’s heat.
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Casey planted 200 seedlings and 18 small trees in Rockfield Park to help expand the forest canopy in Bel Air.
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According to the family story, Emile received four sequoia seedlings sent to Idaho from California by celebrated environmentalist John Muir.
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Keep at those seedlings and runner plants that pop up in your lawn.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A sequoia seedling that naturalist John Muir sent to Idaho more than a century ago and was planted in a doctor’s yard has become a massive tree and an obstacle to progress.
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Growing a few seedlings in a small plot isn’t for everyone.
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The Park Service said people would sometimes stray off paved areas and trample on seedlings and root systems of the Haleakala silversword, a rare, bush-like plant with thick leaves.
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First Known Use of seedling
1660
SEEDLING Defined for English Language Learners
seedling
playDefinition of seedling for English Language Learners
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: a young plant that is grown from seed
SEEDLING Defined for Kids
seedling
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1 : a young plant grown from seed
2 : a young tree before it becomes a sapling
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