saplings
Example Sentences
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From Sycamore Gap saplings to 'trees of hope'
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
During the Bounty’s infamous mutiny, Tahitian breadfruit saplings filled its hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Over-population of deer means they graze on young plants and tree saplings before they ever have a chance to reach maturity.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Then I hid inside a cover of cottonwood saplings and made certain every last ant was gone before I put them on again.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
