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: a young tree
specifically
: one not over four inches (about 10 centimeters) in diameter at breast height
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And, in the end, Charlie Brown's pathetic sapling became, with love, a magnificent tree.
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
Volunteers fill in gaps with saplings sprouted from mature trees growing right there on the avenue.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
There are efforts afoot to reduce elk herds, to give the saplings a better chance at survival.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Moving on to matters less likely to be contested by culture warriors, Olivieri updated members on the saplings grown from Hadrian Wall’s Sycamore Gap Tree, cruelly felled in September 2023.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
Volunteers fill in gaps with saplings sprouted from mature trees growing right there on the avenue.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
There are efforts afoot to reduce elk herds, to give the saplings a better chance at survival.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
Moving on to matters less likely to be contested by culture warriors, Olivieri updated members on the saplings grown from Hadrian Wall’s Sycamore Gap Tree, cruelly felled in September 2023.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Sapling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sapling. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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sapling
noun
sap·ling
ˈsap-liŋ 
: a young tree
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