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edible seed

/ˌɛdəbəl sid/

Other forms: edible seeds

Definitions of edible seed
  1. noun
    many are used as seasoning
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    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
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