A seedling is a very young plant that has just grown from a seed: a thin stem and the first tiny leaves. Gardeners start seedlings in trays, then move them into soil when they are strong enough.

A seedling seedling is a very young plant that has just grown from a seed是剛從種子長出來的一株非常幼小的植物: a thin stem and the first tiny leaves有細細的莖和最初的小葉子. Gardeners園丁 start seedlings in trays會先在育苗盤裡培育seedling, then move them into soil when they are strong enough等它們夠壯了再移到土裡.

A tree seedling is a baby tree, not yet a sapling and nowhere near a grown tree. Farmers, garden shops, and school science classes use this word all the time; it is ordinary, not poetic.

A tree seedling一株樹的seedling is a baby tree是一株樹寶寶, not yet a sapling還不是小樹苗 and nowhere near a grown tree更離長成的大樹還很遠. Farmers, garden shops, and school science classes農夫、園藝店，和學校的自然課 use this word all the time都常常用這個字; it is ordinary, not poetic是很普通的字，不是什麼詩意的用詞.

It is not the seed itself (that is what it grew from, and the seed coat may already be gone), and it is not a cutting taken from a bigger plant. Though actually, people sometimes say seedling for any tiny plant they are raising, even if they are not staring at the seed any more.

It它不是 is not the seed itself種子本身 (that is what it grew from那是它長出來的來源, and the seed coat may already be gone而且種皮可能已經不見了), and it is not a cutting taken from a bigger plant也不是從比較大的植物上剪下來的插枝. Though actually不過其實, people人們 sometimes say seedling for any tiny plant they are raising有時候會把任何自己在養的小小植物都叫seedling, even if they are not staring at the seed any more就算已經看不到種子了也一樣.