Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of seed is as below...

Shed :: Shed (v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope..

Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..

Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.

Taxine :: Taxine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.

Rachitis :: Rachitis (n.) A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.

Pomegranate :: Pomegranate (n.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp..

Colza :: Colza (n.) A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape..

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..

Testa :: Testa (n.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen..

Flaxseed :: Flaxseed (n.) The seed of the flax; linseed.

Tillage :: Tillage (n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops..

Legumin :: Legumin (n.) An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants..

Axile :: Axile (a.) Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.

Litchi :: Litchi (n.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form..

Seedless :: Seedless (a.) Without seed or seeds.

Germinate :: Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ..

Geranium :: Geranium (n.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill..

Tickseed :: Tickseed (n.) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family..

Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle..

Random Fonts

Most Popular