sapling

Main Entry:
sapling [sap-ling]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: small tree
Synonyms: seedling, tree, young, youth
Main Entry: tree
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves
Synonyms: forest, hardwood, pulp, sapling, seedling, shrub, softwood, stock, timber, topiary, wood, woods
Notes: bush and shrub are used interchangeably for relatively low woody perennials with many stems and branches that grow from a complex close to the ground; a tree is a woody perennial, usually taller, with branches starting higher up
Main Entry: youngster
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: child
Synonyms: boy, chick, cub, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent, kid, lad, lass, little guy, little kid, moppet, punk, pup, pupil, puppy, sapling, shaver, small fry, snotnose kid, sonny, squirt, student, teenager, teenybopper, urchin, young adult, young person, youth
Antonyms: elder
Main Entry: vegetation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plant life
Synonyms: crops, flora, flowers, grasses, greenery, herbage, herbs, plants, saplings, shrubs, trees, vegetables, verdure
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