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seed  (sd)
n. pl. seeds or seed
1. A ripened plant ovule containing an embryo.
2. A propagative part of a plant, as a tuber or spore.
3. Seeds considered as a group.
4. The seed-bearing stage of a plant.
5. Something that resembles a seed, as a tiny bubble in a piece of glass.
6.
a. A small amount of material used to start a chemical reaction.
b. A small crystal used to start a crystallization process.
7. Medicine A form of a radioactive isotope that is used to localize and concentrate the amount of radiation administered to a body site, such as a tumor.
8. A source or beginning; a germ.
9. Offspring; progeny.
10. Family stock; ancestry.
11. Sperm; semen.
12. A seed oyster or oysters; spat.
13. Sports A player who has been seeded for a tournament, often at a given rank: a top seed.
v. seed·ed, seed·ing, seeds
v.tr.
1. To plant seeds in (land, for example); sow.
2. To plant in soil.
3. To remove the seeds from (fruit).
4. To furnish with something that grows or stimulates growth or development: a bioreactor seeded with bacteria.
5. Medicine To cause (cells or a tumor, for example) to grow or multiply.
6. Meteorology To sprinkle (a cloud) with particles, as of silver iodide, in order to disperse it or to produce precipitation.
7. Sports
a. To arrange (the drawing for positions in a tournament) so that the more skilled contestants meet in the later rounds.
b. To rank (a contestant) in this way.
8. To help (a business, for example) in its early development.
v.intr.
1. To sow seed.
2. To go to seed.
3. Medicine To grow or multiply, as a tumor.
adj.
1. Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed wheat.
2. Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business.
Idiom:
go/run to seed
1. To pass into the seed-bearing stage.
2. To become weak or devitalized; deteriorate: The old neighborhood has gone to seed.
[Middle English, from Old English sd, sd; see s- in Indo-European roots.]
seed [siːd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a mature fertilized plant ovule, consisting of an embryo and its food store surrounded by a protective seed coat (testa) Related adj seminal
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the small hard seedlike fruit of plants such as wheat
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (loosely) any propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber, spore, or bulb
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) such parts collectively
5. the source, beginning, or germ of anything the seeds of revolt
6. Chiefly Bible offspring or descendants the seed of Abraham
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an archaic or dialect term for sperm, semen
8. (General Sporting Terms) Sport a seeded player
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the egg cell or cells of the lobster and certain other animals
10. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See seed oyster
11. (Chemistry) Chem a small crystal added to a supersaturated solution or supercooled liquid to induce crystallization
go or run to seed
a.  (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) (of plants) to produce and shed seeds
b.  (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) to lose vigour, usefulness, etc.
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to plant (seeds, grain, etc.) in (soil) we seeded this field with oats
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) (of plants) to form or shed seeds
3. (tr) to remove the seeds from (fruit, etc.)
4. (Chemistry) (tr) Chem to add a small crystal to (a supersaturated solution or supercooled liquid) in order to cause crystallization
5. (Chemistry) (tr) to scatter certain substances, such as silver iodide, in (clouds) in order to cause rain
6. (General Sporting Terms) (tr)
a.  to arrange (the draw of a tournament) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
b.  to distribute (players or teams) in this manner
[Old English sǣd; related to Old Norse sāth, Gothic sēths, Old High German sāt]
seedlike  adj
seedless  adj
SEED
abbreviation for
(Social Science / Education) Scottish Executive Education Department
seed  (sd)
Noun
A mature fertilized ovule of angiosperms and gymnosperms that contains an embryo and the food it will need to grow into a new plant. Seeds provide a great reproductive advantage in being able to survive for extended periods until conditions are favorable for germination and growth. The seeds of gymnosperms (such as the conifers) develop on scales of cones or similar structures, while the seeds of angiosperms are enclosed in an ovary that develops into a fruit, such as a pome or nut. The structure of seeds varies somewhat. All seeds are enclosed in a protective seed coat. In certain angiosperms the embryo is enclosed in or attached to an endosperm, a tissue that it uses as a food source either before or during germination. All angiosperm embryos also have at least one cotyledon. The first seed-bearing plants emerged at least 365 million years ago in the late Devonian Period. Many angiosperms have evolved specific fruits for dispersal of seeds by the wind, water, or animals. See more at germinationovule
Verb
1. To plant seeds in soil.
2. To initiate rainfall or to generate additional rainfall by artificially increasing the precipitation efficiency of clouds. See more at cloud seeding.


seed  /sid/  n. 1 the part of a plant that is put into the ground and grows into another plant: We bought grass seed for the lawn.||If you plant these seeds, they will grow into beans and corn. 2 frml. beginning, origin: My father planted the seed of an idea, and my sister started a business from that idea. 3 a mans semen, sperm
v. [T] to sow or plant seed: We seed our lawn in the early spring.

Thesaurus: seed n. 1 a grain, kernel 2 a basis, germ. seed
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