Meaning & use
Seedlings
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Young plants that have recently germinated from seed.
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The greenhouse was filled with trays of tomato seedlings waiting to be transplanted.
A late frost killed most of the seedlings before they could be moved outdoors.
A note on using this word
A seedling differs from a sapling in that the term generally applies to very young plants, before woody growth begins.
Words with a similar meaning
saplingssprouts
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