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seedling

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant

History

Etymology

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