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
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The team observed that inoculated seedlings grew three times as fast as the uninitiated ones.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Remove the plastic covering after seedlings emerge, usually after a few weeks.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
In coordination with Project Seagrass, a team of volunteers from Deloitte and Climate Impact Partners helped harvest seedlings from a healthy seagrass meadow for the recovery program.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Also, be on the lookout for aphids, cutworms, woodchucks, and rabbits, which attack seedlings.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Remove the plastic covering after seedlings emerge, usually after a few weeks.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
In coordination with Project Seagrass, a team of volunteers from Deloitte and Climate Impact Partners helped harvest seedlings from a healthy seagrass meadow for the recovery program.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Also, be on the lookout for aphids, cutworms, woodchucks, and rabbits, which attack seedlings.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Seedling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedling. Accessed 14 Nov. 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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