noun
definition
A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
definition
A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
Examples of saplings in a Sentence
She grows saplings of neem, mango and jackfruit for sale.
We are hoping to plant our native tree saplings in our school garden.
The greyhound puppies which it represents are identical with a brace of saplings of the present day.
Its great value to the English forester is as a "nurse" for other trees, for which its dense leafage and tapering form render it admirably fitted, as it protects, without overshading, the young saplings, and yields saleable stakes and small poles when cut out.
Farmers are also being provided with vegetable seeds, fruit saplings, mustard, pulse, rice and wheat seeds.
Many small saplings have been uprooted or cut down to make lines easier.
A mature forest of Linux trees lacking little new tree saplings growing all around them won't be a forest for long.
Light green willow saplings are in the background, where the sky shows misty blue haze.
The existing oak, ash, birch, and sweet chestnut were retained, and 400 English oak saplings were planted.
Back to map M ash Trees A number of young ash saplings are next to the path here.
The broad deeply-sinuated leaves with blunt rounded lobes are of a peculiar yellowish colour when the buds unfold in May, but assume a more decided green towards midsummer, and eventually become rather dark in tint; they do not change to their brown autumnal hue until late in October, and on brushwood and saplings the withered foliage is often retained until the spring.
The larvae feed on wild and garden privet and saplings of Ash, Lilac and Guelder rose.
The emergent adults feed on newly planted saplings in a new clear felling.
Of course the young tree saplings too had problems caused by having their buds chewed off by birds or grazing animals.
His genius, assisted by the impoverishment of two generations, was like the oak which admits beneath its shade none but the smallest of saplings.
Oak and birch saplings are cleared to prevent the heath turning into woodland.
Brothers I had who never lost heart, Brothers who grew like hazel saplings.
The saplings of other trees are not affected creating a woodland high in diversity.
The wood was formed from saplings taken from areas of the park where they would have had less chance of survival.
A mature forest of Linux trees lacking little new tree saplings growing all around them wo n't be a forest for long.
Back to map M Ash Trees A number of young ash saplings are next to the path here.
Our children grow into adults as we ourselves age, saplings mature into trees, flowers bloom and our possessions that were once new, become old.
Other work being done on the day will include removing sycamore saplings that are beginning to dominate the area.
Most of those who received saplings said they had not been given funding for labor, insecticide or spraying equipment to nurture them.
Spurgeon's lectures, aphorisms, talks, and "Saplings for Sermons" were similarly stenographed, corrected and circulated.