seedling meaning

Definition of seedling

1. young plant or tree grown from a seed

   Type of: spermatophyte

seedling in a sentence

• At the foot of the palm tree there grows a palm seedling.
• The seedlings are very fragile.
• Seedlings are young plants.
• After sowing seeds, it's important to thin out the seedlings if they seem too crowded.
• Tom planted the rice seedlings in the rice paddy.

How to pronounce seedling

seedling is pronounced /ˈsidlɪŋ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.