Seedling

In common botanical terms, it is simply, “a young plant, especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting”. However, among the fig community, the seedling (or “chance seedling”) term carries the idea that a completely new fig variety, with its own unique genetics, is created when grown from seed. This applies to either natural selection (wild fig trees) or human breeding. Such fig varieties then deserve their own unique name. In botany, the actual term that may be more accurate is “ortet”: the original plant from which the members of a clone have descended. In contrast, see Unknown.