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seedling

CEFR: B2

A young plant, especially one recently sprouted and developed from a seed rather than vegetative cuttings.

Synonyms

plantlet
young shoot

Common Collocations

nurture seedlings
seedling survival rate
fragile seedling

Example Sentence

Forestry replanting initiatives nurture fragile oak seedlings in protected nurseries before transplanting.

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