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Seedling

A seedling, or a young plant, as a newly sprouted tree. Depicted as a tiny, light-green plant with a short stem and two leaves. Often shown freshly sprung from a small mound of brown earth.

May be used for various content concerning plant life. May also be used as a symbol of spring or representation of various types of new growth.

Not to be confused with 🌿 Herb, though their applications may overlap.

Facebook’s seedling previously had three leaves.

Seedling is goedgekeurd als onderdeel van Unicode 6.0 in 2010 onder de naam "Zaailing" en toegevoegd aan Emoji 1.0 in 2015.