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seed
has definitions from the fields of biology,sport,games,botany,golf,tennis,physics,finance
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[ noun ] (botany) a small hard fruit
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)He planted the pansy seeds himself , buying them from a pansy specialist . Their seeds produce vigorous blooming plants half again the size of the unimproved strains . I asked him if he took seeds from his own plants . Occasionally , when he had an unusual flower that he wanted more of he did ; but pansy seeds , he told me , soon `` run_down '' . Nothing is easier to grow from seed than pansies . |
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[ noun ] (botany) a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Probably no one needs to tell you that the way to stop all bloom is to let the blossoms go to seed . |
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[ verb ] go to seed; shed seeds
Examples "The dandelions went to seed" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)The covers slid down his skinny neck so I saw his head , fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed , but his face was turned to the wall - there was the pale shadow of his nose on the plaster - and I thought , Well you do n't look much like a pig-drunk bully now . |
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[ verb ] (botany) bear seeds
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[ verb ] remove the seeds form, as of grapes
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[ verb ] inoculate with microorganisms
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[ noun ] (sport,games) one of the outstanding players in a tournament
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[ verb ] (physics) sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
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[ verb ] (finance) help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 31155
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[ noun ] (biology) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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