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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Emulsive :: Emulsive (a.) Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds..
Spermologist :: Spermologist (n.) One who treats of, or collects, seeds..
Sinapisin :: Sinapisin (n.) A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin.
Chickweed :: Chickweed (n.) The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds..
Nutcracker :: Nutcracker (n.) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects..
Moringa :: Moringa (n.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben..
Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
Jatrophic :: "Jatrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to physic nuts, the seeds of plants of the genus Jatropha..
Caraway :: Caraway (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
Multisiliquous :: Multisiliquous (a.) Having many pods or seed vessels.
Sprout :: Sprout (v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch..
Monospermous :: Monospermous (a.) Having only one seed.
Sinalbin :: Sinalbin (n.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance..
Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..
Madia :: Madia (n.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table..
Spew :: Spew (v. i.) To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost..
Myrosin :: Myrosin (n.) A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds..
Fleawort :: Fleawort (n.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds..
Corn :: Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain..
Conium :: Conium (n.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit (seeds) and decompound leaves..
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