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sapling

[sap-ling] / ˈsæp lɪŋ /
NOUN
small tree
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That syrupy-sweet and shockingly crisp fruit came from an unremarkable sapling that Bedford, then a graduate student, had rescued from the discard pile of a University of Minnesota breeding program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

It was brought from Grenada to south-west London as a sapling in the 1980s by one of the street's residents, Marline Anderson, who died in June.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

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

As part of this Trees of Hope initiative, Henshaw Church of England Primary School in Hexham, which is closest to the Sycamore Gap, and all 15 UK national parks will receive a sapling.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

She bent a sapling over, as if to pluck a choice fruit from the top.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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