sapling
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- noun
- /ˈsæplɪŋ/
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plantón
- This is just a young sapling.
- tree saplings
- young saplings
- sapling growth
That tree was a sapling before the pyramids.
- That tree was a sapling before the pyramids.
- How do we nurture the seeds and saplings so as to spare them from that same diseased state?
- But a newly planted bare root tree is not quite the same as a young little sapling that started growing.
- Imagine of all of the big Redwood trees had been cut and all we had were saplings left.
- And so to the Admiralty commissioned William Bligh to take the ship Bounty to Tahiti to collect breadfruit saplings to be transported to the West Indies.
- Myth of Resurrection A Maple sapling sprouts erect amidst a snarling tangle of bare branches as I wait for the droops to uncoil.
Examples
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A sapling cannot grow in the shadow of a mighty oak, Francis.
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Both of them planted identical saplings on their respective side of the compound wall.
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And I know the coming fall will see me stake that sapling to the ground.
Fiction book (1994) -
Next to them was a sapling, with dark, freshly turned earth at its base.
Fiction book (1990) -
"I remember when that tree in your backyard was a sapling," Jameson said.
Fiction book (1994) -
That poor little sapling.
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As their love blossomed, they eventually were blessed with nine fine, young saplings.
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There wasn't enough light for the young saplings, and they stood like upright tree skeletons.
Fiction book (1995) -
The newcomer carried a bundle of slender wooden saplings the right size for fashioning spears.
Fiction book (1994) -
The gardener carefully watered the young sapling every day to help it grow strong.
Synonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sapling comes from sap ('the plant's juice' or 'life') plus the ending -ling meaning 'young' or 'small', like in duckling or seedling. So a sapling is a young, small tree that still has the living 'sap' and is starting to grow.