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- Dictionaryseedling/ˈsiːdlɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a young plant, especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting.
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A seedling is a young sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves). The two classes of flowering plants (angiosperms) are distinguished by their numbers of seed leaves: monocotyle... Wikipedia