The word 'sapling' is correct and commonly used in written English.
'Sapling' refers to a young tree, specifically one that is less than 4 inches in diameter at its base. Examples: 1. "The forest was full of vibrant green saplings, promising a future of lush, towering trees." 2. "She carefully planted the sapling in her backyard, envisioning the day it would grow into a shady spot to read and relax." 3. "The farmer tended to his saplings, making sure they were protected from harsh weather and pests." 4. "The sapling had grown tall and strong, its branches reaching towards the sky in a majestic display of nature's power."
Sameness of body requires identity of matter, and sameness of human being depends on continuity of life (as would the sameness of a certain oak tree from acorn to sapling to maturity); but sameness of person requires something else.
The hollowed rocks will then be filled with soil, and, on September 16th, Holocaust survivors will plant a dwarf chestnut-oak sapling in each one, creating a memorial Garden of Stones.
"It would be nice to have that seedling or sapling grow into something potent.
We found butternut squashes from our farm two miles downstream, stranded in sapling branches five feet above the ground.
On a short walk this week through a patch of beach rose* on the coast, we encountered a solitary cedar waxwing, one of my favorite birds, calling from the top of an eye-high conifer sapling.
That 4m-tall royal sapling is but one of many planted by visiting dignitaries over the years and probably the largest, having been planted first.
But it's fun to step inside the trunk of a huge baobab tree brought from Africa as a sapling 400 years ago, and to spot the wild horses, descendants of animals also brought by the Portuguese, that roam the island.
A cockatoo flying up from a sapling dislodged a rhinestone spray.
The bank says these efforts have raised crop yields by 24% and household incomes by two-thirds; they have also yielded some nice images of sapling mango trees and flowering jasmine.But the bank is still struggling to gauge the real impact of its work.
A YOUNG democracy is a delicate sapling, needing time and care if it is to put down the roots that might see it grow into a mighty oak, or even a giant redwood.
Instead they would take large bites out of the green belts that surround many cities, connecting the new settlements to the old ones with trams.Grafting a new garden city onto "the strong rootstock of an existing city" is easier than spending decades trying to establish the "vulnerable sapling" of a new one, argues Mr Rudlin.
