seedling
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In the shade beneath the fading giant, a seedling had sprouted.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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
In both cases, peroxisomes expanded during the seed to seedling stage as expected.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Weyerhaeuser uses AI to monitor mill equipment, optimize truck routes, and calculate seedling survival rates from drone footage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
With each tender seedling that unfurled its small green leaf to my eager gaze, my excitement would rise and mount; winged, wondrous.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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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