sapling
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Tyler and Cora steady a western redbud sapling as Atticus holds up a bag of soil and Eliza shovels out the fragrant earth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
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
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
Currently, we put trees last, and if it gets in the way of cabling or pipes, we remove the tree or replace it with a sapling.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
Blade thin, six feet in height, straight as a sapling, bright eyed, taut; even motionless he seemed whippet quick.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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