苗木

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 苗木 is read as なえぎ and is a noun for a young tree or sapling ready to be planted and grown.
• Basic usage: Specify the tree with 桜の苗木 or a category with 果樹の苗木.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Woody sapling
  • 苗木 specifically concerns a young woody plant, narrower than seedlings or starts of vegetables and flowers generally.
• Not a mature tree
  • It is a young tree at the stage of being planted and raised, not a fully grown specimen.