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Seed

/siːd/

A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

📖 Definitions of "Seed"

noun
  1. 1

    A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

  2. 2

    Any small seed-like fruit.

    "If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn."

  3. 3

    Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.

  4. 4

    (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.

    "The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed."

verb
  1. 1

    To plant or sow an area with seeds.

    "I seeded my lawn with bluegrass."

  2. 2

    To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

  3. 3

    To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.

    "A venture capitalist seeds young companies."

  4. 4

    To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

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