seedling
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In the shade beneath the fading giant, a seedling had sprouted.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
"The peroxisome gets even larger during the seed to seedling stage, when the plant is relying on fatty acids for energy, before shrinking back down to its normal size once the plant can photosynthesize."
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
Once the seedling has matured into a sapling, it will be planted in Windsor Great Park.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
There she waited on, watching Sam run through the laurel and seedling hemlocks to their field.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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