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Seed :: Seed (n.) 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..

Antitropous :: Antitropous (a.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle..

Cacoon :: Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc..

Fleawort :: Fleawort (n.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds..

Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid..

Water Can :: Water can () Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and cf. Candock..

Currant :: Currant (n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery..

Campylospermous :: Campylospermous (a.) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely..

Linoleic :: Linoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts..

Oilseed :: Oilseed (n.) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean..

Endopleura :: Endopleura (n.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

Engender :: Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife..

Utricle :: Utricle (n.) A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot..

Embryo :: Embryo (n.) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination..

Anisette :: Anisette (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

Pea :: Pea (n.) A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed..

Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..

Melitose :: Melitose (n.) A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus)..

Comfit :: Comfit (n.) A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection..

Sow :: Sow (v. t.) To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle..

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