"seedling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seedling.wav [UK] Forms: seedling [singular], seedlings [plural]
Etymology: seed + -ling Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|seed|ling}} seed + -ling Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A seedling is a young plant grown from seed.
    Sense id: simple-seedling-en-noun-D6yKRGI6 Categories (other): Botany
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ling
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