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plantling

plantling noun: a small, young, or miniature plant.

Noun

plantling (plural plantlings)

  1. A small, young, or miniature plant.
    • 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.1992, M.R. Ahuja, Micropropagation of Woody Plants

Forms of plantling

pluralplantlings

Origin of plantling

From plant + -ling.

Questions about plantling

What does plantling mean?
Plantling means a small, young, or miniature plant.
What part of speech is plantling?
Plantling is a noun.
What is the plural of plantling?
The plural of plantling is plantlings.

Words near plantling in the dictionary

  1. plantlessness
  2. plantlet
  3. plantlets
  4. plantlife
  5. plantlike
  6. plantling
  7. plantlings
  8. plantly
  9. plantness
  10. planto-
  11. plantocracies

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