noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsiːdlɪŋ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A young plant grown from seed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
Near-synonyms: sprout, chit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sprout, chit
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any young plant, especially:
one grown in a nursery for transplanting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Any young plant, especially:
a tree smaller than a sapling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
young plant or tree grown from a seed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English see English -d English seed Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kwo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English seedling From seed + -ling.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شَتْلَة
(šatla)
— young plant grown from seed
Armenian:
տունկ
(tunk)
— young plant grown from seed
Armenian:
շիվ
(šiv)
— young plant grown from seed
Armenian:
սածիլ
(sacil)
— young plant grown from seed
Armenian:
շիթիլ
(šitʻil)
— young plant grown from seed
Bashkir:
үҫенте
(üśente)
— young plant grown from seed
Bulgarian:
разсад
(razsad)
— young plant grown from seed
Burmese:
ပျိုး
(pyui:)
— young plant grown from seed
Burmese:
ပင်လောင်း
(panglaung:)
— young plant grown from seed
Chinese Mandarin:
實生苗 /实生苗
(shíshēngmiáo)
— young plant grown from seed
Chinese Mandarin:
苗
(miáo)
— young plant grown from seed
Dutch:
zaailing
— young plant grown from seed
Esperanto:
kreskaĵo
— young plant grown from seed
Esperanto:
plantido
— young plant grown from seed
Finnish:
taimi
— young plant grown from seed
French:
semis
— young plant grown from seed
Galician:
plántula
— young plant grown from seed
German:
Sämling
— young plant grown from seed
German:
Setzling
— young plant grown from seed
Greek:
φιντάνι
(fintáni)
— young plant grown from seed
Hungarian:
hajtás
— young plant grown from seed
Hungarian:
palánta
— young plant grown from seed
Hungarian:
magonc
— young plant grown from seed
Indonesian:
benih
— young plant grown from seed
Ingrian:
taimi
— young plant grown from seed
Ingrian:
hutja
— young plant grown from seed
Italian:
germoglio
— young plant grown from seed
Italian:
germinello
— young plant grown from seed
Japanese:
実生
(mishō)
— young plant grown from seed
Kannada:
ಸಸಿ
(sasi)
— young plant grown from seed
Kannada:
ಸಣ್ಣಗಿಡ
(saṇṇagiḍa)
— young plant grown from seed
Kannada:
ಮೊಳಕೆ
(moḷake)
— young plant grown from seed
Kannada:
ಬೀಜಾಂಕುರ
(bījāṅkura)
— young plant grown from seed
Latvian:
stāds
— young plant grown from seed
Macedonian:
расад
(rasad)
— young plant grown from seed
Macedonian:
садница
(sadnica)
— young plant grown from seed
Malay:
anak benih
— young plant grown from seed
Malay:
anak tumbuhan
— young plant grown from seed
Persian:
خوید
(xvid)
— young plant grown from seed
Persian:
نهال
(nahâl)
— young plant grown from seed
Polish:
sadzonka
— young plant grown from seed
Polish:
rozsada
— young plant grown from seed
Portuguese:
muda
— young plant grown from seed
Punjabi:
ਪਨੀਰੀ
(panīrī)
— young plant grown from seed
Romanian:
răsad
— young plant grown from seed
Russian:
са́женец
(sáženec)
— young plant grown from seed
Russian:
се́янец
(séjanec)
— young plant grown from seed
Scottish Gaelic:
ògan
— young plant grown from seed
Sikkimese:
ལྕང་པོ
(lcang po)
— young plant grown from seed
Slovene:
potaknjenec
— young plant grown from seed
Spanish:
pimpollo
— young plant grown from seed
Spanish:
plántula
— young plant grown from seed
Swedish:
groddplanta
— young plant grown from seed
Tagalog:
punla
— young plant grown from seed
Tamil:
நாற்று
(nāṟṟu)
— young plant grown from seed
Tamil:
முளை
(muḷai)
— young plant grown from seed
Thai:
ต้นอ่อน
(dtôn-ɔ̀ɔn)
— young plant grown from seed
Turkish:
fide
— young plant grown from seed
Turkish:
çöğür
— young plant grown from seed
Welsh:
eginblanhigyn
— young plant grown from seed