seedling
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Eighty years of students coming through the halls of Dorsey watched the small seedling sprout into a towering, beautiful beast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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 both cases, peroxisomes expanded during the seed to seedling stage as expected.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
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
He picked the best-looking container for his seedling.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Research suggests these connections can play a crucial role in helping Joshua tree seedlings make it through their perilous early years and reach maturity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Adult Joshua trees are more resilient than seedlings, but they can still succumb to intense heat waves and drought.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The government has promised to compensate for the swathes of trees cut down by planting seedlings in Haryana -- a northern state next to New Delhi.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
However, the cloned seedlings are cultivated and grown, again over years, to another selection point.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Hanako trudged back into the field and began placing more seedlings into the mud.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing seedling
Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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