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seedling
CIDE DICTIONARY
seedling, n.
A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
seedling, n. a young plant, esp. one raised from seed and not from a cutting etc.
THESAURUS
seedling
amphibian, angiosperm, annual, aquatic plant, biennial, conifer, cosmopolite, cutting, deciduous plant, dicot, dicotyledon, ephemeral, evergreen, exotic, flowering plant, fruit tree, fungus, gametophyte, gymnosperm, hardwood tree, hydrophyte, monocot, monocotyl, perennial, plant, pollard, polycot, polycotyl, polycotyledon, sapling, scion, seed plant, set, shade tree, shoot, slip, softwood tree, spermatophyte, sporophyte, sprig, sprout, sucker, thallophyte, timber, timber tree, tree, triennial, twig, vascular plant, vegetable, weedROGET THESAURUS
seedling
Infant
N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.For further exploring for "seedling" in Webster Dictionary Online