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n. - Seedling

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  • And so if we choose a large seed, we have chosen a greater amount of food for the plantlet.
  • This little plantlet feeds upon this stored food until its roots are prepared to do their work.
  • See the bean plantlet, big, sturdy, fellow, is still clinging to its seed leaves or cotyledons, its baby nourishment.
  • A year ago I sowed seed by the ounce each of A. alpina and of A. sulphurea, but as yet not a single plantlet has rewarded me for my trouble.
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