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View synonyms for sapling
sapling
[ sap-ling ]
noun
- a young tree.
- a young person.
sapling
/ ˈsæplɪŋ /
noun
- a young tree
- literary.a youth
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Obama planted a sapling in the garden of the presidential residence and even quoted a story from the Jewish Talmud.
From The Daily Beast
The latter had succeeded in getting the sapling free of the snow, and were dragging it to the ice on the lake-shore.
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He pointed to the shore, where a long sapling lay partly uncovered in the snow.
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Before sunrise I had a fire burning and the kettle of mush slung on a green sapling for further cooking.
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Straight and slim as a sapling Child Stig dances up, In each hand holding a fair silver cup.
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Hugh had for many years been watching over the growth of a young blackthorn sapling.
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