seedling
Example Sentences
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In the shade beneath the fading giant, a seedling had sprouted.
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
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
Once the seedling has matured into a sapling, it will be planted in Windsor Great Park.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
He picked the best-looking container for his seedling.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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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