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Seed
siːd
- the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant
"cut open the peppers and remove the seeds"
- a quantity of seeds
"grass seed"
- the cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition
"the conversation sowed a tiny seed of doubt in his mind"
- a man's semen
- (chiefly in biblical use) a person's offspring or descendants
"as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed"
- any of a number of stronger competitors in a sports tournament who have been assigned a specified position in an ordered list with the aim of ensuring that they do not play each other in the early rounds
"he knocked the top seed out of the championships"
- a small crystal introduced into a liquid to act as a nucleus for crystallization
- a small container for radioactive material placed in body tissue during radiotherapy
- sow (land) with seeds
"the shoreline is seeded with a special grass"
- sow (seed)
"after seeding forage into the duff, they now have grassland mixed with mature forest"
- cause (something) to begin to develop or grow
"his interest in public service was seeded when he was a child"
- place a crystal or crystalline substance in (something) in order to cause crystallization or condensation (especially in a cloud to produce rain)
"potential hail clouds are observed by radar, then seeded by lead iodide fired into the cloud's centre"
- (of a plant) produce or drop seeds
"mulches encourage many plants to seed freely"
- (of a plant) reproduce itself by means of its own seeds
"feverfew will seed itself readily"
- remove the seeds from (vegetables or fruit)
"stem and seed the chillies"
- give (a competitor) the status of seed in a tournament
"he was seeded second for the competition"