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Saphar
saphead
saphena
saphenous vein
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sapient
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
sapling
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saponite
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sapling

sap·ling [ sáppling ] (plural sap·lings)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. small tree: a young tree with a slender trunk

2. young person: a young person ( literary )

[14th century. <sap1]
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