seedlingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsiːdlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsidlɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: seed n., -ling suffix¹.

Etymology: < seed n. + -ling suffix¹.

A. n.

a. A person or thing in the early stages of growth or development; a new offshoot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > young or immature plant(s) > seedling or sporeling

nurse-plant1601

seedling1608

seed-plant1653

germinant1886

sporeling1910

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 94 As a small seedling of that fruitfull Worm, Which (of it self) fine shining Sleaves doth form.

1672 T. Hackett Serm. Easter-week 8 You Seedlings of the next Age, that fill the Intervals of this Scene, grow up and thrive by Industry, that you may be high trees your selves.

1704 I. Sharpe Plain-dealing 17 They are only Seedlings of the Good Old Cause.

1759 T. Gray Let. 21 July in Corr. (1971) II. 625 The prophetic eye of taste..when it plants a seedling, already sits under the shadow of it.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. ii. 27 It was thought indispensable to execute as traitors those Roman seedlings—seminary priests and their disciples—who [etc.].

1913 A. Cambridge Hand in Dark 36 His mind a bud of spring, unblown, Its flowering shape as yet unknown, Its fruit awaiting birth—A seedling of a thousand strains.

1985 E. J. Lieberman Acts of Will v. 120 In order to transplant the seedling of psychoanalysis from the inhospitable soil of Vienna, Freud compromised a great deal and settled on Jung.

2012 N. Bouchard & V. Ferme tr. F. Cassano Southern Thought & Other Ess. Mediterranean viii. 122 Each cultivates the seedling of its fundamentalism and sometimes is choked by its splendid growth.

b. A young plant developed from a seed, esp. one raised from a seed to be transplanted, as distinct from one raised from a slip (slip n.² 1a) or cutting. In later use also: a variety of fruit tree developed from such a young plant. Also with distinguishing word.Bramley seedling, oak seedling, tomato seedling, etc.: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 64 They will not beare flower, whether they bee seedlings, or the of-sets of elder rootes.

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 9 Divers..persons affirm, that they have seen the small Plants, or Seedlings at a distance all round the Mother-plant.

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. i. 57 The Roots of most Seedlings grow downward and upward at the same time.

1723 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia i. 7 The Seedlings (as they are called, viz.) such as have naturally sprung forth from their Seeds, accidentally dispers'd.

1753 Country Gentleman's Compan. II. 161 Don't water Aloes or Sedums during the Winter: Cover Ranuculus, and Evergreen Seedlings.

a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 411 Through all the stages thou hast push'd Of treeship—first a seedling, hid in grass; Then twig; then sapling.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 508 The terminal bud of the stem of the seedling grows more rapidly..than the lateral shoots which arise subsequently.

1935 E. N. da C. Andrade & J. Huxley More Simple Sci. (1939) 239 Take a bean seedling which has a root about one inch long, and with a fine pen and India ink mark off equal intervals along the root.

1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. iv. 25 The seedlings may not have exactly the same characteristics as the parents.

1990 D. G. Hessayon Fruit Expert ii. 34 Marjorie's Seedling is an excellent choice if you want a late Plum which can be used for cooking and eating fresh.

2015 BBC Gardeners' World (Special Subscriber ed.) Aug. 90/2 When the seedlings are big enough to handle, they can be pricked out into deeper pots and grown on to planting size.

2. A small seed; a seedlet. Chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun]

corna700

kernelc1000

seedOE

grain1377

pippina1382

acinusa1398

acine1597

seedling1675

vegetable egg1675

seedlet1754

pip1773

oilseed1887

1675 W. Simpson Zymologia Physica xv. 137 Thus from Oak-Seedlings, call'd Acorns, (whose seminal part lyeth in a very small and inconsiderable compass) may be produced too, and is daily growing to be, great bulkie Oaks: So..we see a vast spreading Oak, and look at a small seedling, whence such in process of time, is produc'd.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. i. 4 Whether any seedlings of ambition were scattered among the fallows of your philosophy.

1810 J. Thelwall Let. to Henry Cline 83 To such terms..it might have been my interest to submit; and to drudge, for awhile, without remuneration, in the hope of future emolument from the seedlings of reputation I might be nourished.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. vi. 70 Not a kiss—not so much as the shadow, hint, or merest seedling of a kiss.

1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) xi. 166 The wind blew downy thistle seedlings into the river.

2007 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Oct. 11/2 The lone seedling of fact from which these grade-Z Scheherazadisms sprang was that, unlike his siblings, young Harold..was the spawn of a previous marriage his father tried to conceal.

3. The tiny seed-like offspring of a (typically aquatic) newly hatched or very young animal, esp. a shellfish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young > of animals that lay eggs > resembling a seed

seedling1705

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xix. 66 They [sc. Ticks] produce a kind of Egg, which lies about a Fort-night, before the Seedlings are Hatcht.

1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 808 In the spring..a thousand small fish appear in the water to one grown to maturity, or seedlings on the shores of shell-fish, to one at full growth.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxii. 510 Luxuriant branches, to which the seedling oyster may become attached.

1912 Colorado Springs Gaz. 11 Feb. ii. 1/2 Starting the natural growth, seedlings of oysters are first taken from the original beds and replanted on under water surfaces.

1959 Pop. Mech. June 60/1 The oyster farmer ties a chicken-wire bag full of shells, where young oyster seedlings can attach themselves and grow to appetizer size.

1996 M. Hotta in Rep. Regional Consultation Institutional Credit for Sustainable Fish Marketing (FAO) 142 In order to enhance fishery resources each cooperative endeavour [sic]to improve its fishing ground through stocking programmes of seedlings of fish, shellfish and seaweeds.

2012 E. R. Smith Petroglyph Beach 98 We ask about the floating trays of seedling oysters.

B. adj.

1. Developed or raised from seed. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > young > seedling

maiden1616

seedling1660

seminal1731

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 82 The Seedling Plants are taken up the second year.

1670 H. Oldenburg Let. 17 May in Corr. (1970) VII. 18 I added Dr Tongs communication of ye combat of spider and Toad, and of ye seedling beeches etc.

1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 101 Inoculate..at the commencement of this Month, upon seedling Stocks of four Years growth.

1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 384 Remove Seedling Digitalis, and plant the Slips of Lychnis.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 215 Seedling biennials and perennials, raised from seed this year.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 71 O that some seedling gem, Worthy such noble stem, Honoured and blessed in their shadow might grow.

1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 229 A seedling lemon or orange of a year old being procured as a stock.

1870 Birmingham Daily Post 20 Jan. 4/2 A number of seedling firs had sprung up, and they had in course of years grown to be large trees.

1906 Agric. News 8 Sept. 274/2 Had it not been for the discovery of seedling varieties, sugar-canes would practically have gone out of cultivation.

1954 E. Huxley Four Guineas (1955) 58 He keeps a nursery of seedling oil-palms.

2009 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 7 Nov. 2/4 Before planting a seedling tree or shrub in its permanent location, try to picture the plant 30 years hence.

2. Having the nature of a small seed; existing in a rudimentary state; nascent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature

green?a1300

rawa1398

indigest1398

unmatured?a1425

unripea1500

unseasonable1515

unbuilded1519

inchoate1534

unripened1561

uncivil1572

unmellowed1573

unmanured1577

unblown1587

ungrown1593

unpolished1594

rudimental1597

rude1600

unsalted1602

unseasoned1602

unlicked1612

embryon1613

unbakeda1616

unbloweda1616

unfledged1615

unmellow1615

sappya1627

embryous1628

unconcocteda1631

unkneaded1633

immature1635

sucking1648

vacuous1651

embryo1659

unelaborate1663

unmature1673

unformed1689

undeveloped1736

infantile1772

uncultivated1796

unelaborated1817

fetal1820

embryotic1823

embryonic1825

embryonary1833

sophomoric1837

seedling1843

rudimentary1851

unwrought1869

juvenescent1875

vealy1890

under-developed1892

1843 Q. Rev. Dec. 156 Goethe-like, she hits here and there upon a truth, and gives it as she finds it—a seedling thought in a bed full of useless or noxious weeds.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. x. 332 He saw that I..had some seedling brains which would come up in time.

1891 W. E. H. Lecky Poems 105 Some Scattered seedling thoughts that flew Farther than their authors knew.

1901 S. Butler Erewhon Revisited iii. 36 For his seedling idea that my father was in reality a poacher was doing its best to grow.

1989 R. F. Nash Rights Nature 9 The Progressive conservationists made every effort to plant their seedling notion in the fertile soil of national growth and strength.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

seedling bed n.

ΚΠ

1725 R. Bradley Surv. Anc. Husb. & Gardening xix. 347 We should also observe in the making of these seedling Beds, to make them Narrow enough.

1837 Oliver & Boyd's Edinb. Almanac i. 12 Earth up pease, tie up lettuces, and in very dry weather water seedling beds.

1960 Times 19 Nov. 1/6 (advt.) Mixed daffodils and narcissi..including many un-named varieties from our seedling beds.

2012 Plant Physiol. 159 236/1 Seeds were sown on a seedling bed under standard field conditions.

C2.

seedling blight n. any of various plant diseases that primarily affect seedlings and are typically caused by an ascomycetous fungus; also with distinguishing word.

ΚΠ

1899 G. Massee Text-bk. Plant Dis. Index 456 Pea seedling blight.

1919 G. H. Pethybridge & H. A. Lafferty in Jrnl. Dept. Agric. & Techn. Instr. Ireland 20 327 It is during these early stages that the disease causes most damage, and it is for this reason that we have proposed the name ‘Seedling-blight’ for it, although the trouble is not entirely confined to plants in the seedling stage.

1980 F. Hope Recognition & Control of Pests & Dis. Farm Crops (rev. ed.) 159/1 Seedling Blight Colletotrichum lini can be a destructive disease of flax seedlings.

1995 Carillon (Steinbach, Manitoba) 6 Dec. c6/1 Most often fusarium seedling blight will result in the premature death of the young plant.

2010 New Phytologist 185 54/1 These ascomyceteous fungi..are also common causal agents of root rot, seedling blight, and foot rot.

seedling leaf n. a seed leaf; a cotyledon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > cotyledon or seed-leaf

seed leafa1682

seedling leaf1699

ear leaf1718

seed lobe1720

deaf-ear1725

cotyledon1776

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 56 The larger Roots..are much inferior to the young Seedling Leaves and Roots.

1771 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 90 The insect that infests turnips..(destroying often whole fields while in their seedling leaves).

1879 C. M. Buckton Town & Window Gardening i. 6 We will open the seed and take out the little plant or germ and examine it. You can see..the seedling leaf, which is fastened at the back of the stem and bud.

1916 M. A. Carleton Small Grains i. i. 18 Seedling leaves vary in color from very light green or yellow green through dark green to purple.

2012 Plant & Soil 357 17/1 The first seedling leaf became visible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seedling
释义	seedlingn.adj. Brit. /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsidlɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: seed n., -ling suffix¹. Etymology: < seed n. + -ling suffix¹. A. n. 1. a. A person or thing in the early stages of growth or development; a new offshoot. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > young or immature plant(s) > seedling or sporeling nurse-plant1601 seedling1608 seed-plant1653 germinant1886 sporeling1910 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 94 As a small seedling of that fruitfull Worm, Which (of it self) fine shining Sleaves doth form. 1672 T. Hackett Serm. Easter-week 8 You Seedlings of the next Age, that fill the Intervals of this Scene, grow up and thrive by Industry, that you may be high trees your selves. 1704 I. Sharpe Plain-dealing 17 They are only Seedlings of the Good Old Cause. 1759 T. Gray Let. 21 July in Corr. (1971) II. 625 The prophetic eye of taste..when it plants a seedling, already sits under the shadow of it. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. ii. 27 It was thought indispensable to execute as traitors those Roman seedlings—seminary priests and their disciples—who [etc.]. 1913 A. Cambridge Hand in Dark 36 His mind a bud of spring, unblown, Its flowering shape as yet unknown, Its fruit awaiting birth—A seedling of a thousand strains. 1985 E. J. Lieberman Acts of Will v. 120 In order to transplant the seedling of psychoanalysis from the inhospitable soil of Vienna, Freud compromised a great deal and settled on Jung. 2012 N. Bouchard & V. Ferme tr. F. Cassano Southern Thought & Other Ess. Mediterranean viii. 122 Each cultivates the seedling of its fundamentalism and sometimes is choked by its splendid growth. b. A young plant developed from a seed, esp. one raised from a seed to be transplanted, as distinct from one raised from a slip (slip n.² 1a) or cutting. In later use also: a variety of fruit tree developed from such a young plant. Also with distinguishing word.Bramley seedling, oak seedling, tomato seedling, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 64 They will not beare flower, whether they bee seedlings, or the of-sets of elder rootes. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 9 Divers..persons affirm, that they have seen the small Plants, or Seedlings at a distance all round the Mother-plant. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. ii. i. 57 The Roots of most Seedlings grow downward and upward at the same time. 1723 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia i. 7 The Seedlings (as they are called, viz.) such as have naturally sprung forth from their Seeds, accidentally dispers'd. 1753 Country Gentleman's Compan. II. 161 Don't water Aloes or Sedums during the Winter: Cover Ranuculus, and Evergreen Seedlings. a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 411 Through all the stages thou hast push'd Of treeship—first a seedling, hid in grass; Then twig; then sapling. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 508 The terminal bud of the stem of the seedling grows more rapidly..than the lateral shoots which arise subsequently. 1935 E. N. da C. Andrade & J. Huxley More Simple Sci. (1939) 239 Take a bean seedling which has a root about one inch long, and with a fine pen and India ink mark off equal intervals along the root. 1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. iv. 25 The seedlings may not have exactly the same characteristics as the parents. 1990 D. G. Hessayon Fruit Expert ii. 34 Marjorie's Seedling is an excellent choice if you want a late Plum which can be used for cooking and eating fresh. 2015 BBC Gardeners' World (Special Subscriber ed.) Aug. 90/2 When the seedlings are big enough to handle, they can be pricked out into deeper pots and grown on to planting size. 2. A small seed; a seedlet. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] corna700 kernelc1000 seedOE grain1377 pippina1382 acinusa1398 acine1597 seedling1675 vegetable egg1675 seedlet1754 pip1773 oilseed1887 1675 W. Simpson Zymologia Physica xv. 137 Thus from Oak-Seedlings, call'd Acorns, (whose seminal part lyeth in a very small and inconsiderable compass) may be produced too, and is daily growing to be, great bulkie Oaks: So..we see a vast spreading Oak, and look at a small seedling, whence such in process of time, is produc'd. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. i. 4 Whether any seedlings of ambition were scattered among the fallows of your philosophy. 1810 J. Thelwall Let. to Henry Cline 83 To such terms..it might have been my interest to submit; and to drudge, for awhile, without remuneration, in the hope of future emolument from the seedlings of reputation I might be nourished. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. vi. 70 Not a kiss—not so much as the shadow, hint, or merest seedling of a kiss. 1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) xi. 166 The wind blew downy thistle seedlings into the river. 2007 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Oct. 11/2 The lone seedling of fact from which these grade-Z Scheherazadisms sprang was that, unlike his siblings, young Harold..was the spawn of a previous marriage his father tried to conceal. 3. The tiny seed-like offspring of a (typically aquatic) newly hatched or very young animal, esp. a shellfish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young > of animals that lay eggs > resembling a seed seedling1705 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xix. 66 They [sc. Ticks] produce a kind of Egg, which lies about a Fort-night, before the Seedlings are Hatcht. 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 808 In the spring..a thousand small fish appear in the water to one grown to maturity, or seedlings on the shores of shell-fish, to one at full growth. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxii. 510 Luxuriant branches, to which the seedling oyster may become attached. 1912 Colorado Springs Gaz. 11 Feb. ii. 1/2 Starting the natural growth, seedlings of oysters are first taken from the original beds and replanted on under water surfaces. 1959 Pop. Mech. June 60/1 The oyster farmer ties a chicken-wire bag full of shells, where young oyster seedlings can attach themselves and grow to appetizer size. 1996 M. Hotta in Rep. Regional Consultation Institutional Credit for Sustainable Fish Marketing (FAO) 142 In order to enhance fishery resources each cooperative endeavour [sic]to improve its fishing ground through stocking programmes of seedlings of fish, shellfish and seaweeds. 2012 E. R. Smith Petroglyph Beach 98 We ask about the floating trays of seedling oysters. B. adj. 1. Developed or raised from seed. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > young > seedling maiden1616 seedling1660 seminal1731 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 82 The Seedling Plants are taken up the second year. 1670 H. Oldenburg Let. 17 May in Corr. (1970) VII. 18 I added Dr Tongs communication of ye combat of spider and Toad, and of ye seedling beeches etc. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 101 Inoculate..at the commencement of this Month, upon seedling Stocks of four Years growth. 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 384 Remove Seedling Digitalis, and plant the Slips of Lychnis. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 215 Seedling biennials and perennials, raised from seed this year. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 71 O that some seedling gem, Worthy such noble stem, Honoured and blessed in their shadow might grow. 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 229 A seedling lemon or orange of a year old being procured as a stock. 1870 Birmingham Daily Post 20 Jan. 4/2 A number of seedling firs had sprung up, and they had in course of years grown to be large trees. 1906 Agric. News 8 Sept. 274/2 Had it not been for the discovery of seedling varieties, sugar-canes would practically have gone out of cultivation. 1954 E. Huxley Four Guineas (1955) 58 He keeps a nursery of seedling oil-palms. 2009 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 7 Nov. 2/4 Before planting a seedling tree or shrub in its permanent location, try to picture the plant 30 years hence. 2. Having the nature of a small seed; existing in a rudimentary state; nascent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature green?a1300 rawa1398 indigest1398 unmatured?a1425 unripea1500 unseasonable1515 unbuilded1519 inchoate1534 unripened1561 uncivil1572 unmellowed1573 unmanured1577 unblown1587 ungrown1593 unpolished1594 rudimental1597 rude1600 unsalted1602 unseasoned1602 unlicked1612 embryon1613 unbakeda1616 unbloweda1616 unfledged1615 unmellow1615 sappya1627 embryous1628 unconcocteda1631 unkneaded1633 immature1635 sucking1648 vacuous1651 embryo1659 unelaborate1663 unmature1673 unformed1689 undeveloped1736 infantile1772 uncultivated1796 unelaborated1817 fetal1820 embryotic1823 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 sophomoric1837 seedling1843 rudimentary1851 unwrought1869 juvenescent1875 vealy1890 under-developed1892 1843 Q. Rev. Dec. 156 Goethe-like, she hits here and there upon a truth, and gives it as she finds it—a seedling thought in a bed full of useless or noxious weeds. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. x. 332 He saw that I..had some seedling brains which would come up in time. 1891 W. E. H. Lecky Poems 105 Some Scattered seedling thoughts that flew Farther than their authors knew. 1901 S. Butler Erewhon Revisited iii. 36 For his seedling idea that my father was in reality a poacher was doing its best to grow. 1989 R. F. Nash Rights Nature 9 The Progressive conservationists made every effort to plant their seedling notion in the fertile soil of national growth and strength. Compounds C1. General attributive. seedling bed n. ΚΠ 1725 R. Bradley Surv. Anc. Husb. & Gardening xix. 347 We should also observe in the making of these seedling Beds, to make them Narrow enough. 1837 Oliver & Boyd's Edinb. Almanac i. 12 Earth up pease, tie up lettuces, and in very dry weather water seedling beds. 1960 Times 19 Nov. 1/6 (advt.) Mixed daffodils and narcissi..including many un-named varieties from our seedling beds. 2012 Plant Physiol. 159 236/1 Seeds were sown on a seedling bed under standard field conditions. C2. seedling blight n. any of various plant diseases that primarily affect seedlings and are typically caused by an ascomycetous fungus; also with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1899 G. Massee Text-bk. Plant Dis. Index 456 Pea seedling blight. 1919 G. H. Pethybridge & H. A. Lafferty in Jrnl. Dept. Agric. & Techn. Instr. Ireland 20 327 It is during these early stages that the disease causes most damage, and it is for this reason that we have proposed the name ‘Seedling-blight’ for it, although the trouble is not entirely confined to plants in the seedling stage. 1980 F. Hope Recognition & Control of Pests & Dis. Farm Crops (rev. ed.) 159/1 Seedling Blight Colletotrichum lini can be a destructive disease of flax seedlings. 1995 Carillon (Steinbach, Manitoba) 6 Dec. c6/1 Most often fusarium seedling blight will result in the premature death of the young plant. 2010 New Phytologist 185 54/1 These ascomyceteous fungi..are also common causal agents of root rot, seedling blight, and foot rot. seedling leaf n. a seed leaf; a cotyledon. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > cotyledon or seed-leaf seed leafa1682 seedling leaf1699 ear leaf1718 seed lobe1720 deaf-ear1725 cotyledon1776 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 56 The larger Roots..are much inferior to the young Seedling Leaves and Roots. 1771 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 90 The insect that infests turnips..(destroying often whole fields while in their seedling leaves). 1879 C. M. Buckton Town & Window Gardening i. 6 We will open the seed and take out the little plant or germ and examine it. You can see..the seedling leaf, which is fastened at the back of the stem and bud. 1916 M. A. Carleton Small Grains i. i. 18 Seedling leaves vary in color from very light green or yellow green through dark green to purple. 2012 Plant & Soil 357 17/1 The first seedling leaf became visible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1608
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