Definition of seed

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Seed (n.) 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..

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Supersensible :: Supersemination (n.) The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
Grass :: Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single..
Lupine :: Lupine (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California..
Angiomonospermous :: Angiomonospermous (a.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
Seedcake :: Seedcake (n.) A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway..
Loquat :: Loquat (n.) The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself..
Heartpea :: Heartpea (n.) Same as Heartseed.
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky..
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Supersemination :: Superseminate (v. t.) To sow, as seed, over something previously sown..
Homotropous :: Homotropous (a.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.
Sinapine :: Sinapine (n.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition..
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Corcule :: Corcule (n.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.
Phytelephas :: Phytelephas (n.) A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory..
Seedsmen :: Seedsmen (pl. ) of Seedsma.
Nutcracker :: Nutcracker (n.) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects..
Florida Bean :: Florida bean () The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean..
Polyembryony :: Polyembryony (n.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac..
Vegetable :: Vegetable (v.) Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds.
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