seedling
Example Sentences
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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
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
Weyerhaeuser trained an AI model to pore over drone footage and calculate seedling survival rates, which are typically obtained by sending foresters to count twiggy young trees in rugged or sweltering terrain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
If I die weep at my grave every day until a seedling appears in the dirt, then cry on it to make it grow until it becomes a beautiful tree whose roots surround my body.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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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