Definition of seed

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Seed (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

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Dibble :: Dibble (v. i.) A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
Cowwheat :: Cowwheat (n.) A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields..
Seed :: Seed (n.) The principle of production.
Mucilage :: Mucilage (n.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc..
Miliaria :: Miliaria (n.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever..
Megilph :: Megilph (n.) A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors..
Spew :: Spew (v. i.) To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost..
Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..
Coleseed :: Coleseed (n.) The common rape or cole.
Angelica :: Angelica (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic..
Bivalved :: Bivalved (a.) Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve..
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc..
Fitch :: Fitch (n.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt..
Drill :: Drill (n.) A row of seed sown in a furrow.
Antitropous :: Antitropous (a.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle..
Cottolene :: Cottolene (n.) A product from cotton-seed, used as lard..
Key :: Key (n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit..
Loment :: Loment (n.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed..
Arillus :: Arillus (n.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril..
Granivorous :: Granivorous (a.) Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds..
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