seed
/siːd/
Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs; Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.; A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant; Any small seed-like fruit
- plural
- seeds
Meanings
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Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs
Fruits have seeds in them.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Cover the seeds with a little earth.
Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.; A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant
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Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.; Any small seed-like fruit
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An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted
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A fragment of coralrare
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Semenrare
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A precursorrare
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The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament — seed positionrare
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The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position)rare
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The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar systemrare