seedling
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In both cases, peroxisomes expanded during the seed to seedling stage as expected.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Unlike a few of the seedling apples we’d tasted—some of which foragers evocatively call “spitters”—this was fruit I’d cut up to serve with thick slices of cheddar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
It’s the seedling of a vision the corps dreamt up just a few years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Once the seedling has matured into a sapling, it will be planted in Windsor Great Park.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
There she waited on, watching Sam run through the laurel and seedling hemlocks to their field.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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