seedling

C1
US /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/
noun Freq #46827

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A young plant grown from seed.

    Near-synonyms: sprout, chit

  2. 2
    noun

    young plant or tree grown from a seed

  3. 3
    noun

    Any young plant, especially:

Etymology

From seed + -ling.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a young plant grown from seed. chitsprout

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