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seedling

[seed-ling] / ˈsid lɪŋ /


NOUN
sapling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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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

Still, if cooler conditions are supporting better seedling survival, those Joshua tree populations may still end up being healthier than those in places farther south, where flowering is increasing, Yoder said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

King Charles has been given the first seedling grown from the Sycamore Gap tree after it was illegally felled.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

This makes it more likely for the plant seedling to encounter the fungi it needs for its own sustenance, the researchers argue.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

Something in his chest hitched, a seedling of doubt that was rapidly beginning to grow into a proper tree.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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