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sap·ling (sap′liŋ)

noun

  1. a young tree
  2. a youth

Etymology: ME sappelynge: see sap & -ling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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