seedling
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"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
Now it’s graduation day, when native plants coaxed from seedling trays to 1-gallon pots stand ready for planting on the crossing itself this month.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
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
The first seedling will be looked after by horticulturalists until it is ready for planting.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
She plucked the seedling neatly into the mud, and it stood straight up like it had been growing there all along!
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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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