seeb

Noun

seed (countable and uncountable, plural seeds)

1. (countable) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
   • […] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]1669, John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, in Natural Magick, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […] , page 68

   Synonyms:

   spawn

   1. (countable) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
   2. (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
      • If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
2. (collective, uncountable) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
   • The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.
3. (countable) A fragment of coral.
4. (uncountable) Semen.
   • A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.

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