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Xanthospermous :: Xanthospermous (a.) Having yellow seeds.

Planting :: Planting (n.) The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc..

Campylotropous :: Campylotropous (a.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together..

Niopo :: Niopo (n.) A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree..

Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.

Caraway :: Caraway (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative..

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..

Heptaspermous :: Heptaspermous (a.) Having seven seeds.

Physostigmine :: Physostigmine (n.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical..

Corn :: Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain..

Monocotyledonous :: Monocotyledonous (a.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf..

Fruit :: Fruit (v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3..

Steep :: Steep (n.) Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds..

Indutive :: Indutive (a.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.

Coronule :: Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.

Sow :: Sow (v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

Strew :: Strew (v. t.) To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave..

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary..

Integument :: Integument (n.) That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular..

Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed..

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