semilla

Definitions of semilla
  1. noun
    a small hard fruit
    synonyms: hueso, pepita
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    semilla comestible
    many are used as seasoning
    café
    a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
    mies
    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
    castaña de Indias
    the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
    pipa de calabaza
    the edible seed of a pumpkin
    nuez de areca
    seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia
    pipa de girasol
    edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil
    comino
    aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family
    amaranto
    seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America
    nabina
    seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil
    algarroba, garroba
    long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
    linaza
    the seed of flax used as a source of oil
    type of:
    fruto
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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