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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: seed

1	n v	a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa remove the seeds from
2	n	the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
3	n v	one of the outstanding players in a tournament distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
4	n v	anything that provides inspiration for later work help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
5	v	sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
6	v	inoculate with microorganisms

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: seed

n a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

Type of:: ovule
a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization

n a small hard fruit

Types:: show 47 types...; hide 47 types...; edible seed
many are used as seasoning; coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry
a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee; pip
a small hard seed found in some fruits; bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed
hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry; Job's tears
hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads; oil-rich seed, oilseed
any of several seeds that yield oil; safflower seed
seed of the safflower; caryopsis, grain
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn; ash-key
winged seed of the ash tree; coquilla nut
nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory; babassu nut
hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm; cohune nut
nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts; apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory
nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons; neem seed
seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products; buckeye, conker, horse chestnut
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut; Mexican jumping bean, jumping bean, jumping seed
seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble; bean
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans; nut
usually large hard-shelled seed; edible nut
a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell; pumpkin seed
the edible seed of a pumpkin; areca nut, betel nut
seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia; water chinquapin
edible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin; dika nut
edible oil-rich seed of wild mango; sunflower seed
edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil; cumin, cumin seed
aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family; cedar nut, cembra nut
the seed of the Swiss pine; castor bean
the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil; cottonseed
seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil; candlenut
seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes; coumara nut, tonka bean
fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla; algarobilla, algarroba, algarrobilla
mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing; amaranth
seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America; rapeseed
seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil; barleycorn
a grain of barley; wheat berry
a grain of wheat; kernel
a single whole grain of a cereal; rye
the seed of the cereal grass; cola nut, kola nut
bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract; mast
nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; calabar bean, ordeal bean
dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft; divi-divi
twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin; algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute; soy, soya bean, soybean
a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food; broad bean, fava bean, horsebean
seed of the broad-bean plant; palm kernel, palm nut
seed of any oil palm; nutlet
a small nut; flaxseed, linseed
the seed of flax used as a source of oil

Type of:: fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

v remove the seeds from

“seed grapes”

Type of:: remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

v bear seeds

Type of:: bear, turn out
bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"

v go to seed; shed seeds

“The dandelions went to seed”

Types:: reseed
seed again or anew

Type of:: disgorge, shed, spill
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

v place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

“She sowed sunflower seeds”

Synonyms:: sow

: inseminate, sow, sow in
place seeds in or on (the ground)

Types:: broadcast
sow over a wide area, especially by hand; inseminate, sow, sow in
place seeds in or on (the ground); scatter
sow by scattering

Type of:: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location

n the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Synonyms:: come, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid

Types:: milt
seminal fluid produced by male fish

Type of:: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
the liquid parts of the body

n one of the outstanding players in a tournament

Synonyms:: seeded player

Type of:: participant, player
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

v distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

Type of:: grade, order, place, range, rank, rate
assign a rank or rating to

n anything that provides inspiration for later work

Synonyms:: germ, source

Types:: taproot
something that provides an important central source for growth or development; muse
the source of an artist's inspiration

Type of:: inspiration
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

v help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

Type of:: finance
obtain or provide money for

v sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

“seed clouds”

Type of:: process, treat
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

v inoculate with microorganisms

Type of:: inoculate
introduce a microorganism into

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