rare. [f. as prec. + -LET.] A little tree; a young tree, a sapling.
1874. W. Cory, Lett. & Jrnls. (1897), 372. A dozen dead treelets.
So Treeling [-LING1.].
1847. Man in Moon, Feb., 103. These same treelings have an odd notion of coming out strong the first fine day in spring.
1883. O. W. Holmes, in 53rd Cincinnati School Rep., 99. I should delight in sending you a treeling.