Meaning

3 senses
  1. A young plant grown from seed.

    Near-synonyms: sprout, chit

    Sämling, Setzling

    са́женецsáženec, се́янецséjanec

    young plant or tree grown from a seed

  2. Any young plant, especially:

    One grown in a nursery for transplanting.

  3. A tree smaller than a sapling.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Seedlings are young plants.

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  2. When's the right time to plant pepper seedlings?

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  3. Tom planted the rice seedlings in the rice paddy.

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  4. The acer seedlings required careful nurturing to grow properly.

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  5. Spread compost on the garden beds before planting your seedlings.

    deVerteilen Sie Kompost auf den Gartenbeeten, bevor Sie Ihre Setzlinge pflanzen.

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Translations

8 languages
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Deutsch
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young plant grown from seed:

Forms

plural: seedlings
Singularseedling
Pluralseedlings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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