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bad seeds

bad seeds is the plural of bad seed.

Meaning of bad seed

Noun

bad seed (usually uncountable, plural bad seeds)

  1. (usually) A genetic source of bad behavior or other negative results.
    • A bad seed produces a bad tree and in due course bad fruit, and a good seed produces a good tree and good fruit.1533, Paracelsus, Paracelsus: Essential Readings, translation of Liber Prologi in Vitam Beatam by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, published 1999, page 147
  2. (usually) A bad apple: a bad person who negatively influences others.

Questions about bad seeds

What is bad seeds the plural of?
Bad seeds is the plural of bad seed.

Words near bad seeds in the dictionary

  1. bad rep
  2. Bad Schandau
  3. Bad Schwartau
  4. bad scran to someone
  5. bad seed
  6. bad seeds
  7. bad show
  8. bad sign
  9. bad signs
  10. bad sport
  11. bad sports

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