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.

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

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

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

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

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

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
young plant grown from seed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
young plant grown from seed:

Forms

plural: seedlings
Singularseedling
Pluralseedlings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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