Sapling

/ˈsæplɪŋ/

Synonyms for "sapling" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

adolescent baby conifer evergreen fledglingfruit treehardwood treehopeful infant

Noun(2 words)

boyfruit seedling

Strong matches (16)

junior juvenal juvenile minor pollard pubescent scion seedling setshade tree

Noun(6 words)

juvenile treemaple saplingoak saplingplant seedling seedlings

Related words (27)

shoot slipsoftwood treesprig sprout stripling sucker teenager teener teenybopper timbertimber treetree twigyoung hopefulyoung personyounger youngest youngling youngster

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youth

Noun(3 words)

tree seedlingtree seedlingsyoung tree

Verb(1 words)

water seedlings

Adjective(2 words)

young plantyounger plant

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4 relation types

More general

2 entries

plant tree

More specific

3 entries

maple saplingoak saplingpine sapling

Collocations

6 entries

garden saplingsapling caresapling growthsapling plantingsapling stageyoung sapling

Inflections

1 entries

saplings

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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It's a very beautiful sapling.

Source: tatoeba (3131210)

Thither I drew, and strove with eager hold / a green-leaved sapling from the soil to tear, / to shade with boughs the altars, when behold / a portent, weird to see and wondrous to unfold!

Source: tatoeba (6924310)

Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind.

Source: tatoeba (6932048)

A shoot grows from a seed. A shoot transforms to a sapling, a sapling to a tree. The root sustains the tree.

Source: tatoeba (7306024)

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