Rarely can an established club have stooped so low, or a sapling soared so high.
From the telegraph.co.uk
For their winning essays, they received a certificate, a T-shirt and a sapling.
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As I paused at a birch sapling, I saw through the branches one of the gibbets.
From the guardian.co.uk
Vans fly up and down the hill carrying sapling grafts, produce, and supplies.
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A steel plaque identified it as the 28th sapling planted by Mormon pioneers.
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The pedal was usually connected to a pole, often a straight-grained sapling.
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She travelled to Sri Lanka by sea carrying a sapling of Bodhi-Tree in a golden vase.
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A sugar maple sapling still shows some green leaves and its branches are still supple.
From the charlotteobserver.com
These are experienced musicians, but the White Oaks is more like a sapling.
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Young tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5. ...
Although Saplings (1945) is generally regarded as one of Noel Streatfeild's novels for adults, it is at least partially told from the perspective of four children - Laurel, Tony, Tuesday, and Kim, as well as from the perspective of their mother, Lena. ...
A young tree, but bigger than a seedling; A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity
(saplings) Live trees 1.0 inch through 4.9 inches d.b.h.
Young tree less than 4 inches in d.b.h. The minimum diameter of saplings is usually, although not always, placed at 2 inches (17).
A tree at least 4 1/2 feet tall and up to 4 inches in diameter.
A young tree of small diameter, typically 2 to 5 inches at DBH.
A young tree less than five inches diameter at breast height (dbh) and less than or equal to 20 feet in height.