Noun:

छोटा कोमल पौधा, बीज से उत्पन्न किया हुआ पौधा, अंकुर,

seedlings's Usage Examples:

Soaking the seed in strong-smelling substances, such as paraffin and turpentine, has been found efficacious, and in some districts paraffin sprayed over the seedlings has been practised with decided success.

These beetles, characterized by their skipping movements and enlarged hind femora, also attack the hop (Haltica concinna), the vine in America (Graptodera chalybea, Illig.), and numerous other species of plants, being specially harmful to seedlings and young growth.

After the seedlings appear, thinning is completed in usually three successive hoeings, the plants being watered after thinning, and subsequently at intervals of from twelve to fifteen days, until about the end of August when picking commences.

The tree is a favourite with hares and rabbits, and the seedlings are apt to be destroyed by mice.

Observation of germinating seedlings makes it clear that somehow they have a perception of direction.

Among the trypsins we have the pa pain of the Papaw fruit (Carica Papaya), the bromelin of the Pine-apple, and the enzymes present in many germinating seeds, in the seedlings of several plants, and in other parts.

When the seedlings make their appearance another field is prepared for transplanting.

Some forms cause damping off of seedlings - e.g.

The seedlings should then be 6 ins.

Seedlings should be protected from frost during the first winter.

Synonyms:

phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte,