seedling
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This was as a result of feral goats who ate every tree seedling which then prevented the forest from regenerating.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
In both cases, peroxisomes expanded during the seed to seedling stage as expected.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Unlike a few of the seedling apples we’d tasted—some of which foragers evocatively call “spitters”—this was fruit I’d cut up to serve with thick slices of cheddar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
It’s the seedling of a vision the corps dreamt up just a few years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Something in his chest hitched, a seedling of doubt that was rapidly beginning to grow into a proper tree.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing seedling
Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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Plants (Botany) - High School
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