seedling

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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

Once the seedling has matured into a sapling, it will be planted in Windsor Great Park.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

This makes it more likely for the plant seedling to encounter the fungi it needs for its own sustenance, the researchers argue.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

She lowered a seedling into a hole and gently pressed the earth firm around its slender stem.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk