seedling
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Art provided a release for the young Kusama, whose father, a seedling merchant, was unfaithful to her mother.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The 73-year-old bought a seedling online five years ago and planted it in a greenhouse outside his Miami home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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 the shade beneath the fading giant, a seedling had sprouted.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
On her own now, Hanako delicately placed a seedling into the mud and was surprised that it stood straight up.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Hundreds of survey plots were established and thousands of seedlings were monitored.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
But some seedlings were kept, and so its legacy has not been forgotten.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
After the tree was felled, seedlings were kept in a secret National Trust centre to help preserve the legacy of the much-photographed landmark.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
For the first eight years, he was a one-man operation working out of his backyard He began handing off the seedlings to others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Applied to seeds, either by soaking or in a coating combined with carbon, they extend their effects into the following plant generation and produce seedlings poisonous to aphids and other sucking insects.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing seedling
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