seedling
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Art provided a release for the young Kusama, whose father, a seedling merchant, was unfaithful to her mother.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 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
This doomed seedling was part of a National Park Service planting effort to replace dozens of Joshua trees cut down by a Southern California Edison contractor tasked with protecting the company’s power lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
"It was only then that we were able to see that PEX11 is clearly involved in controlling the growth of the peroxisome during the seed to seedling stage."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
On her own now, Hanako delicately placed a seedling into the mud and was surprised that it stood straight up.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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Hundreds of survey plots were established and thousands of seedlings were monitored.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
For the first eight years, he was a one-man operation working out of his backyard He began handing off the seedlings to others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Eight seedlings successfully germinated, with two now transferred to Logan Botanic Garden, where the climate is considered particularly suitable for rare Chilean plants.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
ArborGen, one of the world’s largest suppliers of loblolly seedlings, said sales volume in the South has dropped more than 20% over its past two fiscal years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In that way, even if most seedlings are killed by a bout of bad weather, some seeds will be left to germinate later.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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