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• The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.From the entry late
• The estate's present seed stock comprises seedlings, bulbs and various nuts.From the entry seed stock
• All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.From the entry knit
• Already, seedlings root in the nurse logsʼ crevices, nourished by the rot.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 624. From the entry nurse log
• Then one day she received an allamanda seedling from an old neighbor.2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 111. From the entry allamanda
• Green mirids may be present at any crop stage from seedlings to podding.2007, H. Brier, “7: Pulses—Summer (including Peanuts)”, in P. T. Bailey, editor, Pests of Field Crops and Pastures: Identification and…. From the entry mirid
• Why is Orchidaceae so large, its seeds so small , and its seedlings mycomorphic?2007, Lankesteriana, page 356. From the entry mycomorphic
• If there is space, seedlings should be pricked out individually, either into small pots or module trays.2002 July 6, Carol Klein, “Coming up primroses”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 15 Feb 2013. From the entry prick
• Ultrastructural and enzymatic studies of cell membranes from ice-encased and noniced winter wheat seedlings.1999, Mohammad Pessarakli, Handbook of plant and crop stress. From the entry noniced
• No differences were observed between seedlings of the three clustered manicole varieties.1998, Tulemore Ruth van Andel, Palm Heart Harvesting in Guyana’s North-west District: Exploitation and Regeneration of Euterpe Oleracea…. From the entry manicole
• She leaned back and pulled another tomato seedling from the flat.1997, Mary McGarry Morris, Songs in Ordinary Time, page 104. From the entry Jet Star
• The effect of seedling size on overwinter injury was analyzed separately by analysis of covariance.1996, Marek Jacek Krasowski, Measures to Reduce Overwinter Injury to Planted Spruce in Boreal Forest of British Columbia, page 4. From the entry overwinter
• Sweet alyssum seedlings are particularly prone to damping off, so do not overmoisten the soil.1991, Complete Guide to Gardening and Landscaping, page 213. From the entry damp off
• Small-stemmed seedlings may be heeled-in in bunches of 25, but large seedlings should be heeled-in loose.1976, Keith W. Dorman, The Genetics and Breeding of Southern Pines, page 66. From the entry heel
• They also destroyed two rows of brussels sprouts seedlings — again after cottoning and spraying.1965, Amateur Gardening - Volume 82, page 199. From the entry cotton
• Size of circle indicates frequency of seedlings, continuous and direct but mutafacient and indirect.1958, Genes, Plants, and People: Essays on Genetics, page 66. From the entry mutafacient
• The Pewa or Peach palm (Guilielma speciosa) was introduced from Trinidad, and seedlings raised for distribution.1910, Department of Agriculture, Legislative Council, Trinidad and Tobago, [Council Paper], Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Government…. From the entry pewa
• With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186. From the entry ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
• In early spring, it takes time and scrutiny to decipher the newly emerging weedlings from my precious, rising seedlings.2009, Jean Coleman, I Met Him in My Overalls, page 72. From the entry weedling
• Sow them in late spring, prick out small bundles of seedlings into 7.5cm (3in) pots and transplant them in late May.2005 October 22, Valerie Bourne, “Self-seeding”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 24 Nov 2013. From the entry prick
• Primarily, the seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides and plant hormones should be provided adequatively and timelily with concessional rate.2002, A.D.N. Bajpai, S.K. Chaubey, Anjila Gupta, Post-reform Leading Issues Of Indian Economy - Volume 2, Atlantic Publishers and…. From the entry adequatively
• The importance of allelopathy, and in particular autopathy, in preventing seedling growth of A. ordosica is also discussed.1996, Commonwealth Bureau of Soil Science, Soils and fertilizers, volume 59, page 554. From the entry autopathy
• Russell and tree lupin produced seed, and seedlings are growing.1966, Report of the Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, New Zealand Forest Service, page 76. From the entry tree lupin
• Many seedlings invaded this bar and, although moved about by the icework the next spring, were not all washed away.1948, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, page 7. From the entry icework
• In the late fall the seedlings may be dug and heeled in very closely until all the leaves have dropped.1913, Indian School Journal, page 142. From the entry heel
• The purple discoloration is caused by the accumulation of cercosporin, which causes membrane damage and cell death, subsequently decreasing grain marketability and seedling vigor.2015 August 8, “More Cercospora Species Infect Soybeans across the Americas than Meets the Eye”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry cercosporin
• And 34 species were intercepted from fruits, accounting for 43% of total species, 17 species from seedlings (21.5%), 12 species from vegetables (15.2%).2013, Mo Jie Sun, Ying Jie Zhang, “Plant Quarantine between Thailand and China”, in Yinghui Cheng, Dequn Zhou, Guiming Zhang, Ying Wang…. From the entry interceptive
• The developed tray-discharging system was installed in a rice seedling nursery, Cihtong, in Yun-Lin county, Taiwan and connected to the existed transport gantry.2013, Chiu Yi-Chich et al., “Development of an Automatic Tray-Discharging System for Rice Seedlings”, in Engineering in Agriculture…. From the entry Cihtong
• Seedlings are elongated and have closed cotyledons in the dark (aetiolated) while the hypocotyls are short and the cotyledons are open in the light (de-aetiolated).2007, László Bögre, “Cell Signalling Mechanisms in Plants”, in Keith Roberts, editor, Handbook of Plant Science, volume 1, Chichester…. From the entry etiolated
• As for the five in my family, my son and daughter-in-law had gone to Ch’ien-chiang, also in Hupei, to transplant seedlings and grow vegetables.2002 [1988], Annping Chin, quoting Chang Yun-ho, “Yun-ho”, in Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183. From the entry Ch'ien-chiang
• If, however, a heavy rain occurs just after seeding, snails destroy the seedlings unless the snails are eliminated by the application of a chemical snailicide.1970, Rice Research & Training in the 70’s, International Rice Research Institute, page 43. From the entry snailicide
• Essentially, these are the tiny seedlings of any plant with edible leaves, which can be harvested and eaten at the sprouted stage – basically posh cress.2021 January 24, James Wong, “Baby leaves are a joy to grow – and good to eat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry microgreen
• After an AAP of 20–98 days, each adult individual was transferred to a healthy yuzu, tankan mandarin, unzoki, or orange jessamine seedling for an IAP of 4–23 days.2015 September 25, “Changes in Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in ‘ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ through Insect Transmission”, in…. From the entry unzoki
• Nucellar embryony allows citrus rootstock breeders to produce F1 hybrids that are highly heterozygous, but produce seedlings that are genetically uniform and identical to the mother tree.2007, Iqrar A. Khan, Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry embryony
• However we recommend, particularly in cooler climates, sowing tomato seeds into a seed tray or punnet and allowing the seedlings to grow before they are transplanted into the garden.2005, Don Burke, The Complete Burke's Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets, page 408. From the entry punnet
• In order to popularize the transplanting of rice seedlings with machines, Pi-chieh Prefecture held an on-the-spot meeting in Chin-sha County to publicize this method of transplanting.[1978, Translations on People's Republic of China, numbers 439-447, Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC. From the entry Bijie
• A chromista, possible Pythium aphanidermatum, was isolated from severely damage seeds and seedlings recently started from Jatropha curcas L. non toxic seeds sown in the tropical area of Veracruz, Mexico.2011, “Isolation and pathogenicity of a possibile Pythium aphanidermatum in Jatropha curcas L. non toxic”, in Tropical and Subtropical…. From the entry chromista
• Scatter slug bait or dust with snailicide in shady places and around seed beds and cold frames before the slugs chew up seedlings as well as leaves of many plants.1959 April 12, “What To Do This Week”, in The Lima Citizen, second year, number 285, Lima, Ohio, page D-8, column 2. From the entry snailicide

Meaning of seedling

1. noun A young plant grown from seed.
2. noun One grown in a nursery for transplanting.
3. noun A tree smaller than a sapling.

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How do you use seedling in a sentence?

Seedling is used as a noun. For example: “The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.”

What is a short sentence with seedling?

“All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.”

What does seedling mean?

Seedling means a young plant grown from seed.