The Emergence Machine

Seedling

physical · Agriculture · Level 9 · E6

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Emergence definition

A seedling is a young plant that has germinated, emerging from the process of cultivation and germination, where cultivation involves working the land to grow plants and germination is the process of seed growth.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “seedling” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “seedling”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
seedling
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0SeedlingGerminationCultivationFarmingSeedFoodPlantReproduction… intermediate l…FormLandLifeProcessActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesSeedlingL9CultivationL7GerminationL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cultivation L7 (requires)
    An agricultural concept relating to seedling, involving farming, cultivation, or food production.
  • Germination L8 (foundational)
    Germination provides the foundational basis for understanding seedling.