Seedling
['siːdlɪŋ] or ['sidlɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like.
Typed by Catherine
Examples
- But several seedling mistletoes, growing close together on the same branch, may more truly be said to struggle with each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- How, then, comes it that such a vast number of the seedlings are mongrelized? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Even strongly-marked differences occasionally appear in the young of the same litter, and in seedlings from the same seed-capsule. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This led me carefully to observe during four years many seedlings, raised from several illegitimate unions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Inputed by Cole