Definition of seed

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Seed (v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field..

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Vitality :: Vitality (n.) The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise..
Farinaceous :: Farinaceous (a.) Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds..
Cotyledonous :: Cotyledonous (a.) Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.
Seminiferous :: Seminiferous (a.) Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles..
Fructification :: Fructification (n.) The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores..
Pip :: Pip (n.) A seed, as of an apple or orange..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused..
"aleurone :: Aleurone (n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (protein granules) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm..
Anise :: Anise (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds..
Sow :: Sow (v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
Sabadilla :: Sabadilla (n.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative..
Santonin :: Santonin (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass..
Octospermous :: Octospermous (a.) Containing eight seeds.
Rocoa :: Rocoa (n.) The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto..
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..
Sarcobasis :: Sarcobasis (n.) A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows..
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.
Drilling :: Drilling (n.) The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
Monocotyledon :: Monocotyledon (n.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe..
Wig :: Wig (n.) A kind of raised seedcake.
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