seedling
Example Sentences
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This doomed seedling was part of a National Park Service planting effort to replace dozens of Joshua trees cut down by a Southern California Edison contractor tasked with protecting the company’s power lines.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
In both cases, peroxisomes expanded during the seed to seedling stage as expected.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
During apple season, neighbors drop barrels of seedling apples on the lawn for Kaiser’s experiments.
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
Then he moved in slow motion and plunked the seedling into the mud.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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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