plantling

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noun

A small, young, or miniature plant.

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Meanings

nounplantling (plural plantlings)

plural plantlings

  1. A small, young, or miniature plant.

    Thus, the scheme described above is cost effective, with small numbers of high-cost plantlings being used to produce very large numbers of lower cost stecklings . An alternative is to use 100 percent plantlings.

    1992, M.R. Ahuja, Micropropagation of Woody Plants

Origin

From plant + -ling.

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APA

plantling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantling

MLA

“plantling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plantling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantling.

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