SAPLING


Meaning of SAPLING in English

■ noun

1》 a young, slender tree.

2》 literary a young and slender or inexperienced person.

3》 a greyhound in its first year.

Origin

ME: from sap 1 + -ling .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.