edible seed

/ˌɛdəbəl sid/

Other forms: edible seeds

Definitions of edible seed

1. noun

   many are used as seasoning
   types:

   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

   type of:

   seed

   a small hard fruit