Seedling
A young plant just emerged from a seed — the small visible beginning of what may become a tree or a crop.
A seedling in a dream is the dream's image of the small visible beginning of what may become a tree or a long crop. The seedling is fragile; the survival rate of any individual seedling is low. The dream brings the seedling when something in your life — a new idea, a beginning friendship, an early piece of work — is currently in the stage where the smallest thing can damage it and most things at this stage do not survive. A seedling protected and watered through the vulnerable weeks is the dream affirming the careful early support. A seedling stepped on, the small green growth broken at the stem, is the dream noting that the early stage was not protected and what could have grown will not.