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Definitions for: Seed
[n] the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
[n] anything that provides inspiration for later work
[n] one of the outstanding players in a tournament
[n] a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
[n] a small hard fruit
[v] remove the seeds form, as of grapes
[v] inoculate with microorganisms
[v] sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"
[v] distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds; as of a tennis or golf player
[v] place (seeds) in the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
[v] go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
[v] bear seeds
[v] help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
Webster (1913) Definition: Seed, n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s?d,
fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel.
s[=a]?, s??i, Goth. manas?ps seed of men. world. See Sow to
scatter seed, and cf. Colza.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or
more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a
currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
(b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;
as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself. --Gen. i. 11.
Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and
within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is
either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the
albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of
the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where
the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the
closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
-- not used in the plural.
3. That from which anything springs; first principle;
original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
4. The principle of production.
Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which
may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller.
5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of
Abraham; the seed of David.
Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to
any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,
though rarely used in the plural.
6. Race; generation; birth.
Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller.
Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation
of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag
encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which
swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and
the sides of the hole.
Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the
embryo state; the ovule.
Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as
cotton seed.
Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2
(a) .
Seed eater (Zo["o]l.), any finch of the genera
Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
Seed gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall which resembles a seed,
formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some
species of Phylloxera.
Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size
suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are
sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a
funicle.
Seed tick (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ticks
resembling seeds in form and color.
Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the
seeds; a pericarp.
Seed weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small weevels,
especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the
seeds of various plants.
Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.
[Southern U.S.]
Seed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seeding.]
1. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to
seed a field.
2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with
seedlike decorations.
A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. --B. Jonson.
To seed down, to sow with grass seed.
Synonyms: cum, ejaculate, germ, seeded player, semen, seminal fluid, sough, source, sow
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