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seedling
noun as in plant
Example Sentences
Now it’s graduation day, when native plants coaxed from seedling trays to 1-gallon pots stand ready for planting on the crossing itself this month.
Over this time trees adapted to the changing climate by migration - essentially seedlings growing further south as it got colder and further north during warming periods.
They were initially raised as seedlings in his mother's greenhouse, before he "chose the two better looking specimens", offering her the third one, he said.
Coconut fibers broken down by millipedes may serve as a sustainable replacement for peat moss, a material commonly used to start seedlings but often sourced from fragile wetland ecosystems.
When you do plant an apple seed, the resulting tree—called a seedling—will be genetically unique, a fruit unlike any that came before.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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