seedling
A young plant grown from seedA young plant grown from seed.
» Seedlings are young plants.
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA young plant grown from seed.
Near-synonyms: sprout, chit
Sämling, Setzling
са́женецsáženec, се́янецséjanec
young plant or tree grown from a seed
Any young plant, especially:
One grown in a nursery for transplanting.
A tree smaller than a sapling.
Examples
17 sentencesSeedlings are young plants.
When's the right time to plant pepper seedlings?
Tom planted the rice seedlings in the rice paddy.
The acer seedlings required careful nurturing to grow properly.
Spread compost on the garden beds before planting your seedlings.
deVerteilen Sie Kompost auf den Gartenbeeten, bevor Sie Ihre Setzlinge pflanzen. — dasbeispielholz
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.