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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Poonga Oil :: Poonga oil () A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra)..
Corn :: Corn (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing..
Chrysosperm :: Chrysosperm (n.) The seed of gold; a means of creating gold.
Boll :: Boll (v. i.) To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
Grapestone :: Grapestone (n.) A seed of the grape.
Immovable :: Immovable (n.) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes..
Seed :: Seed (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
Raphany :: Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press..
Pip :: Pip (n.) A seed, as of an apple or orange..
In :: In (prep.) With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God..
Harmel :: Harmel (n.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.
Water Chinquapin :: Water chinquapin () The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin..
Axile :: Axile (a.) Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Caraway :: Caraway (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused..
Spermophyte :: Spermophyte (n.) Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace ph/nogam.
Vanglo :: Vanglo (n.) Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies..
Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..
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