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名詞

weedling (複数形 weedlings)

1. A small weed.
   • 1907, Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Mystery‎^[1]:

     The vegetation was withered to pallid rags: even the tiniest weedling in the rock crevices had been poisoned by the devastating blast.

   • 2009, Jean Coleman, I Met Him in My Overalls (page 72)

     In early spring, it takes time and scrutiny to decipher the newly emerging weedlings from my precious, rising seedlings.