Seedling
noun
A young plant or tree grown from a seed.
The seedlings need plenty of sunlight to grow.
Often appears as...
- plant a seedling
- grow seedlings
noun
A person who is inexperienced.
He is a seedling in the field of politics and needs a lot of guidance.
Often appears as...
- a political seedling
- an inexperienced seedling
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Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A young plant or tree grown from a seed.
The seedlings need plenty of sunlight to grow.
Often appears as...
- plant a seedling
- grow seedlings
noun
A person who is inexperienced.
He is a seedling in the field of politics and needs a lot of guidance.
Often appears as...
- a political seedling
- an inexperienced seedling
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Botanical Term
Used mainly in gardening or biology to refer to young plants.
The botanist explained how to care for a seedling until it matures.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can be used metaphorically to refer to the beginning stage of anything.
Her project was just a seedling, with much work needed before completion.
Pro Tip 3/3Nurturing Required
Implies something needs care, like a young plant needs sunlight and water.
Ensure your seedlings get enough nutrients to grow strong.
Pro Tip 1/3Botanical Term
Used mainly in gardening or biology to refer to young plants.
The botanist explained how to care for a seedling until it matures.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can be used metaphorically to refer to the beginning stage of anything.
Her project was just a seedling, with much work needed before completion.
Pro Tip 3/3Nurturing Required
Implies something needs care, like a young plant needs sunlight and water.
Ensure your seedlings get enough nutrients to grow strong.
Pro Tip 1/3Botanical Term
Used mainly in gardening or biology to refer to young plants.
The botanist explained how to care for a seedling until it matures.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can be used metaphorically to refer to the beginning stage of anything.
Her project was just a seedling, with much work needed before completion.
Pro Tip 3/3Nurturing Required
Implies something needs care, like a young plant needs sunlight and water.
Ensure your seedlings get enough nutrients to grow strong.
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Why are there so many...
but because of the way traits are inherited, all of the seedlings produced will have different sets of genes and characteristics. This means that to achieve a desired quality, it takes a lot of offspring, not to mention patience on the breeder's part. When a seedling does bear fruit with the desired qualities,
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The secret language of...
Once the sugars enter the fungus, they travel along the hyphae through pores between cells or through special hollow transporter hyphae. The fungus absorbs some of the sugars, but some travels on and enters the roots of a neighboring tree, a seedling that grows in the shade and has less opportunity
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Sustainable Logging PIPE...
future at all the trees with the green bands are here to drop seed for seedlings and also to provide disperse light so those seeds can germinate and the seedling development we have to balance all of those uses with what we know will do to perpetuate the forest in the future
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Can plants talk to each...
suggesting that they had beefed up their anti-insect defenses. Even moving the air from above a clipped plant to another one made the second plant more insect-resistant. These airborne cues increase the likelihood of seedling survival,
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The TED Fellows program
extraordinary individuals from around the world to participate in the Ted community both by coming to conferences and being part of an ongoing social network throughout the year the Fellows Program allows a kind of a seedling
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Willie Smits: How to...
not a single seedling of the tropical hardwood trees has grown up because the climatic triggers have disappeared. All the seeds get eaten. So now we do the monitoring on the inside -- from towers, satellites, ultralights.
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Bilal Bomani: Plant...
regular beach sand. Fossilized coral. So a lot of people ask me, "How did you get started?" Well, we got started in what we call the indoor biofuels lab. It's a seedling lab. We have 26 different species of halophytes,
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A day in the life of an...
Peseshet explains her fail-safe pregnancy plant two one barley, one emmer. Then, urinate on the seeds every day. If the plants grow, she’s pregnant. A barley seedling predicts a baby boy, while emmer foretells a girl.
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How trees talk to each...
So I went back to school, and I studied my other world. You see, scientists had just discovered in the laboratory in vitro that one pine seedling root could transmit carbon to another pine seedling root.
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Nature's Mighty Power:...
this looks like devastation the grass has been burnt away and so have the seedling trees but because grasses store energy
Video examples
Why are there so many...
but because of the way traits are inherited, all of the seedlings produced will have different sets of genes and characteristics. This means that to achieve a desired quality, it takes a lot of offspring, not to mention patience on the breeder's part. When a seedling does bear fruit with the desired qualities,
Video examples
The secret language of...
Once the sugars enter the fungus, they travel along the hyphae through pores between cells or through special hollow transporter hyphae. The fungus absorbs some of the sugars, but some travels on and enters the roots of a neighboring tree, a seedling that grows in the shade and has less opportunity
Video examples
Sustainable Logging PIPE...
future at all the trees with the green bands are here to drop seed for seedlings and also to provide disperse light so those seeds can germinate and the seedling development we have to balance all of those uses with what we know will do to perpetuate the forest in the future
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
suggesting that they had beefed up their anti-insect defenses. Even moving the air from above a clipped plant to another one made the second plant more insect-resistant. These airborne cues increase the likelihood of seedling survival,
Video examples
The TED Fellows program
extraordinary individuals from around the world to participate in the Ted community both by coming to conferences and being part of an ongoing social network throughout the year the Fellows Program allows a kind of a seedling
Video examples
Willie Smits: How to...
not a single seedling of the tropical hardwood trees has grown up because the climatic triggers have disappeared. All the seeds get eaten. So now we do the monitoring on the inside -- from towers, satellites, ultralights.
Video examples
Bilal Bomani: Plant...
regular beach sand. Fossilized coral. So a lot of people ask me, "How did you get started?" Well, we got started in what we call the indoor biofuels lab. It's a seedling lab. We have 26 different species of halophytes,
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
Peseshet explains her fail-safe pregnancy plant two one barley, one emmer. Then, urinate on the seeds every day. If the plants grow, she’s pregnant. A barley seedling predicts a baby boy, while emmer foretells a girl.
Video examples
How trees talk to each...
So I went back to school, and I studied my other world. You see, scientists had just discovered in the laboratory in vitro that one pine seedling root could transmit carbon to another pine seedling root.
Video examples
Nature's Mighty Power:...
this looks like devastation the grass has been burnt away and so have the seedling trees but because grasses store energy
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