gosling

noun3

1. •
   A young goose.
2. •
   An inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.

   • Two stout woodmen with difficulty cut down this tree, the chips of which flew far and wide about the hall; but at my command my two green goslings carried away the fragments without any difficulty. — 1862
3. •
   (old-fashioned) A catkin on willows, nut trees, and pines.

   • When the oak puts on his goslings grey 'Tis time to sow barley night or day. — 1893