SAPLING

sapling

(noun) young tree

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sapling (plural saplings)

A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.

(figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.

Anagrams

• Galpins, lapsing, palings, spaling

Source: Wiktionary


sap"ling, n.

Definition: A young tree. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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