cây mầm
Definition
- Noun:
- Seedling: A very young plant that has grown from a seed, typically after the first leaves (cotyledons) have appeared but before it has developed into a mature plant.
- Sprout / Plantule: The initial stage of a plant's growth, emerging from a germinated seed.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sau một tuần, những hạt giống đã nảy thành những cây mầm xanh tươi. (After a week, the seeds had sprouted into fresh green seedlings.)
- Cần bảo vệ cây mầm khỏi sương giá. (It is necessary to protect the seedlings from frost.)
- Giai đoạn cây mầm rất quan trọng cho sự phát triển sau này của cây. (The sprout stage is very important for the plant's later development.)
Advanced Usage
- In botanical and agricultural contexts, "cây mầm" is the technical term for the young plant structure that develops from the embryo of a seed after germination. It consists of the embryonic shoot (plumule) and root (radicle).
Variants and Related Words
- Mầm cây (n): Another, less common word order with the same meaning as "cây mầm" (sprout, seedling).
- Cây giống (n): A young plant grown for transplanting; a sapling. This refers to a slightly more developed stage than "cây mầm."
- Hạt nảy mầm (v): To germinate (for a seed).
Synonyms
- Seedling: A young plant, especially one raised from seed.
- Sprout: A new growth on a plant; a shoot.
- Plantule: The botanical term for an embryo or a very young, small plant.
Related Terms
- Sự nảy mầm (n): Germination (the process of a seed developing into a plant).
- Lá mầm (n): Cotyledon (the first leaf or pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant).