Definition of seed

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Seed (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice..

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Yellowseed :: Yellowseed (n.) A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).
Bean :: Bean (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs..
Bean :: Bean (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans..
Vicine :: Vicine (n.) An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out..
Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura..
Spermoderm :: Spermoderm (n.) The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa.
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..
Birdseed :: Birdseed (n.) Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds..
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land..
Orthotropous :: Orthotropous (a.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.
Plant :: Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize..
Spermophytic :: Spermophytic (a.) Capable of producing seeds; ph/nogamic.
Disspermous :: Disspermous (a.) Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.
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..
Haricot :: Haricot (n.) The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots..
Beet :: Beet (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year..
Seedtime :: Seedtime (n.) The season proper for sowing.
Core :: Core (n.) The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince..
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