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seed

/siːd/ noun

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In Latin: sēmen Wiktionary

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  1. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
    If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
  2. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  3. Any small seed-like fruit.
    If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.

verb

  1. To plant or sow an area with seeds.
    I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
  2. To shed seeds (refers to plants)
    These poppies have not seeded themselves yet.
  3. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of see

Origin

] From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”).

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