seedling

[US]/'siːdlɪŋ/
[UK]/'sidlɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a young plant that has just sprouted

Phrases & Collocations

seedling tray

seedling stage

seedling nursery

Example Sentences

the seedlings battled with Jack Frost.

She cut down the seedling with one chop.

trees providing a friendly stage on which seedlings begin to grow.

Objective: To conduct pharmacognosical studies on the seedling of Calystegia sepium(L) R.Br.

Every seedling organs are of aerenchyma, etc.All of these characters are similar to Euryale ferox, Alisma orientale and Hydrilla verticillala.

The transplanting survival rates of germule seedlings grown from seeds treated by different methods were 100%.

Propagation: The feijoa grows easily from seed, but the seedlings are not always true to type.

The differences of biomass, growth rhythm and phenophase among 12 provenance seeds at the seedling stage were evaluated.

UV-B-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimmers (CPD) in the DNA of rice seedlings were measured using ELISA with specific monoclonal antibody.

Abstract: Ethionine-resistant cultures were isolated by screening seedlings for ethionine-tolerance and selecting the calluses on an ethionine-containing medium.

GGR can promote the development of cotton roots like rhizogenic powder.It can also help seedling height, the number of lateral roots, root dry weight, boll weight and boll number per plant.

Based on the results of numerical simulation, it was supposed that the over-summering area of wheat stripe rust in Longnan could determine the infection of autumn seedlings in Guanzhong area directly.

L. gmelinii seedlings were induced resistance by wounding.JA, MeJA, Z-jasmone and MeSA, which decreased the feeding selection of D. superans larvae.

The Seedling of maize Varieties were inoculated with mix toxogen of BYDV or SGV、RPV、MAV (three strains of BYDV) in the green house and the experimental field.

Real-world Examples

These are the Rattan seedlings we have to protect.

Source: Environment and Science

Two weeks later, they dried and weighed the seedlings.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2023 Collection

Dreams are the seedlings of reality.

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

You see, imagine you're a seedling trying to germinate and grow here.

Source: The secrets of our planet.

Even without human help, a rainforest can start growing again if it has enough seedlings.

Source: If there is a if.

Place special garden cloth over young, growing seedlings and secure it to the ground with stakes.

Source: VOA Special Collection July 2022

And the sheep tend to like tree seedlings, poison ivy, herbaceous weeds, even more than the grass.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Each spring, the school's program gets plant seedlings grown through a training program at a nearby prison.

Source: VOA Special November 2021 Collection

He also sent seedlings of valerian, a plant with anti-anxiety properties.

Source: Newsweek

Unlike seedlings, they don't need to be buried in the ground.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2020 Collection

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