Illustration of seedling
- 1 primary root
- 2 rootlet
- 3 root hairs
- 4 hypocotyl
- 5 cotyledon
- 6 young stem
- 7 true leaf
1
: a young plant grown from seed
2
a
: a young tree before it becomes a sapling
b
: a nursery plant not yet transplanted
seedling
adjective
Examples of seedling in a Sentence
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Planting and growing Poke holes or cut slits in the top of the bale and plant your seedlings, filling each little hole around them with compost or potting mix.
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Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
Canceled Of all the early ideas for Game of Thrones spinoffs, Flea Bottom was in its most seedling form when it was canceled altogether.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
To get a head start on the growing season, most gardeners start the seeds indoors about four weeks before the last average frost date and transplant the seedlings after there is no more danger of a late spring frost.
—Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
Image Image Image In Mãe do Rio, reforestation workers have been planting 1,000 seedlings a day, working alongside tractors that make trenches on the soil.
—Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Skip large seedlings and don’t ever buy large plants, especially those with fruits or flowers.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
His hometown, South Holland, Ill., consisted largely of descendants of Dutch immigrants who still spoke the language and farmed onion seedlings.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Mast is also working to automate seedling formation and increase every sprout’s chance of success.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
That seedling grew into what would become the music video, in which Wexler harnessed the positive powers of AI to create four generations of Joels that would pick off after another.
—Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
Canceled Of all the early ideas for Game of Thrones spinoffs, Flea Bottom was in its most seedling form when it was canceled altogether.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
To get a head start on the growing season, most gardeners start the seeds indoors about four weeks before the last average frost date and transplant the seedlings after there is no more danger of a late spring frost.
—Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
Image Image Image In Mãe do Rio, reforestation workers have been planting 1,000 seedlings a day, working alongside tractors that make trenches on the soil.
—Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Skip large seedlings and don’t ever buy large plants, especially those with fruits or flowers.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
His hometown, South Holland, Ill., consisted largely of descendants of Dutch immigrants who still spoke the language and farmed onion seedlings.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Mast is also working to automate seedling formation and increase every sprout’s chance of success.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
That seedling grew into what would become the music video, in which Wexler harnessed the positive powers of AI to create four generations of Joels that would pick off after another.
—Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Seedling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedling. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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seedling
noun
seed·ling
ˈsēd-liŋ 
1
: a young plant grown from seed
2
: a tree before it becomes a sapling
seedling
adjective
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