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sap⋅ling

  [sap-ling]
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–noun
1. a young tree.
2. a young person.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; see sap 1 , -ling 1
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sap·ling   (sāp'lĭng)   
n.  

  1. A young tree.

  2. A youth.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

sapling 
1415, from sap (n.1) + dim. suffix -ling. This is probably the source of Amer.Eng. slang sap "club, short staff" (1899) and the verb sap "to hit (someone) with a sap" (1926).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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