sapling
A young tree, larger than a seedlingA young tree, larger than a seedling.
» We went there to plant saplings.
Мы пошли туда, чтобы посадить саженцы.
Meaning
2 sensesA young tree, larger than a seedling.
junger Baum, Setzling, Steckling
де́ревцеdérevce, са́женецsáženec
young tree
(figuratively)A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
Examples
7 sentencesWe went there to plant saplings.
ruМы пошли туда, чтобы посадить саженцы. — odexed
The small sapling became a big tree.
We planted an acer sapling in our garden last spring.
It's a very beautiful sapling.
deDas ist ein sehr schönes Bäumchen. — Sirio60
The sapling became a tree.
ruСаженец стал деревом. — kotik
deDer Setzling ward zum Baume. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English saplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.From Middle English saplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.
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