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sapling

[sap-ling] / ˈsæp lɪŋ /
NOUN
small tree
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With increasing urgency, the couple scouted area ponds for suitable release sites, the trick being to find one currently unoccupied by other beavers, with abundant sapling growth as a food supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Dame Judi plants individual trees in memory of friends who have died and, on the day of Dame Maggie's funeral, her gardener found the sapling planted for her fellow acting dame had borne fruit.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

Another sapling will go to The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease at Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, when it opens in memory of the former Leeds Rhino player, who died from the disease in June.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

It takes an avocado sapling three years to begin producing fruit and about five years to provide a full yield.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

With the help of the beaver, Constance bent the yew sapling against the Abbey wall and strung it to the right tension.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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