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| seed [ seed ] |
noun (plural seeds) |
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1. plant part containing embryo: a plant part produced by sexual reproduction that contains the embryo and gives rise to a new individual. In flowering plants it is enclosed within the fruit.
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2. fruit of grass plant: the small dry hard fruit produced by cereal plants or grasses
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3. propagative part of plant: a compact part of a plant that is used for propagation, e.g. a bulb, tuber, or spore
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4. propagative plant parts collectively: propagative plant parts as a whole, including seeds, tubers, rhizomes, spores, and bulbs
  a dry place to store seed
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5. source: something that is the source of a significant change in outlook or action
the seeds of doubt
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6. something resembling seed: something that resembles a seed in shape, size, or function
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7. sports graded competitor: a competitor who is graded according to the perceived likelihood of his or her winning a specific tournament
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8. chemistry crystal: a small crystal added to a supersaturated or supercooled solution to induce crystallization
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9. sperm: sperm or semen as a vehicle of reproduction
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literary
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10. descendants: a person's children or descendants
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literary
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the seed of Abraham
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11. marine biology
Same as seed oyster
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verb (past and past participle seed·ed, present participle seed·ing, 3rd person present singular seeds) |
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1. transitive verb plant seeds in place: to plant seeds in the soil of a place, or plant an area by sowing seeds
The lower field was seeded with barley.
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2. vr drop seeds: to shed seeds that develop into new plants
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refers to plants
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Those poppies have seeded themselves everywhere.
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3. transitive verb remove seeds from something: to take the seeds out of a fruit or vegetable before eating or cooking
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4. transitive verb sports rank player: to rank a player according to the perceived likelihood of his or her winning a specific tournament
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5. transitive verb sports structure tournament: to arrange the draw of a tournament so that the best players meet in the later rounds
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6. transitive verb meteorology sprinkle cloud with crystals: to release silver iodide into clouds to encourage precipitation
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7. transitive verb chemistry add crystal to solution: to add a small crystal to a supersaturated or supercooled solution to induce crystallization
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8. transitive verb business encourage enterprise: to give financial or other assistance to something such as a business during the early stages of its development
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adjective |
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agriculture reserved for use as seed: reserved for planting to grow the next crop
seed potatoes
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| [ Old English sǣd< Germanic, "to sow"] |
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| seed·less adjective |
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go to seed
1. to become shabby or unhealthy from lack of proper care or attention
2. to reach the stage of producing seeds and stop flowering or become unusable
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