"plantling" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From plant + -ling.",
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      "form": "plantlings",
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          "ref": "1992, M.R. Ahuja, Micropropagation of Woody Plants:",
          "text": "Thus, the scheme described above is cost effective, with small numbers of high-cost plantlings being used to produce very large numbers of lower cost stecklings . An alternative is to use 100 percent plantlings.",
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        "A small, young, or miniature plant."
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