SEEDLING

Seedling

A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle, the hypocotyl, and the cotyledons . The two classes of flowering plants are distinguished by their numbers of seed leaves: monocotyledons have one blade-shaped cotyledon, whereas dicotyledons possess two round cotyledons. Gymnosperms are more varied. For example, pine seedlings have up to eight cotyledons. The seedlings of some flowering plants have no cotyledons at all. These are said to be acotyledons.

The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Seedling
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

seedling

Noun

  1. A young plant grown from seed
  2. Any young, especially
    1. one grown in a nursery for transplanting
    2. a tree smaller than a sapling.

Adjective

  1. which is a seedling (see below)


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: seedling
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!