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nounweedling (plural weedlings)
plural weedlings
- A small weed.
In early spring, it takes time and scrutiny to decipher the newly emerging weedlings from my precious, rising seedlings.
2009, Jean Coleman, I Met Him in My Overalls, page 721 more example
The vegetation was withered to pallid rags: even the tiniest weedling in the rock crevices had been poisoned by the devastating blast.
1907, Stewart Edward White, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Mystery
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APA
weedling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weedling
MLA
“weedling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weedling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weedling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weedling.
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