sapling
noun
sap·ling ˈsa-pliŋ 
-plən
1
: a young tree
specifically : one not over four inches (about 10 centimeters) in diameter at breast height
2
: youth sense 2a
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The sapling displayed that day died this spring at Good Earth Garden Center in Little Rock. 
Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2022 There isn’t a sapling to bloom in spring or a shade tree to temper the summer heat along this stretch of seven properties in a row in Gage Park, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022 In places where there are no rubber fig trees nearby, villagers must first plant a sapling on the river bank and wait 10-15 years for the aerial roots to appear before building the bamboo framework. Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022 See More
Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2022 There isn’t a sapling to bloom in spring or a shade tree to temper the summer heat along this stretch of seven properties in a row in Gage Park, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022 In places where there are no rubber fig trees nearby, villagers must first plant a sapling on the river bank and wait 10-15 years for the aerial roots to appear before building the bamboo framework. Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2022 The tree came from a sapling of a nearby magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Will Weissert, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
sapling
noun
sap·ling ˈsa-pliŋ
: a young tree