buddding/seedling
Adjective: Beginning to develop.
He's a budding deejay.
A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
(figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
breast buds
(botany) A young plant grown from seed.
Any young plant, especially:
one grown in a nursery for transplanting.
a tree smaller than a sapling.
Hmmm, I think seedling is closer to what I had in mind with the word "sprout". BUD is definitely a new growth, but it includes new leaves and buds, so it has less of a "first born from seed" feel.
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