leafling

A small, tiny, miniature, or immature leaf; a leaflet.

Noun

  1. A small, tiny, miniature, or immature leaf; a leaflet.
    • […] 'Twas a garnet leaf of the richest hue, A smooth, bright rose, with a shadow or two, And a silky, rose-petal feel. And all alive seemed this leafling to be, For it trembled and quivered at a touch, As if from a...
    • The sun found its way between the fresh leaflings overhead, and in order to inspect the splinter more effectually I went down on my knees at Felicia's feet. - 1907, Thomas Cobb, The amateur emigrants:

Origin

From leaf + -ling.

Forms

leaflings