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weedling

weedling noun: a small weed.

Noun

weedling (plural weedlings)

  1. A small weed.
    • The vegetation was withered to pallid rags: even the tiniest weedling in the rock crevices had been poisoned by the devastating blast.1907, Stewart Edward White, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Mystery
    • 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

Forms of weedling

pluralweedlings

Origin of weedling

From weed + -ling.

Questions about weedling

What does weedling mean?
Weedling means a small weed.
What part of speech is weedling?
Weedling is a noun.
What is the plural of weedling?
The plural of weedling is weedlings.

Words near weedling in the dictionary

  1. weedless
  2. weedlessness
  3. weedlike
  4. weedline
  5. weedlines
  6. weedling
  7. weedlings
  8. weedman
  9. Weedmans
  10. weedmen
  11. Weedon

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