seedlike
seedlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a seed.
Adjective
seedlike (comparative more seedlike, superlative most seedlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a seed.
- Near-synonym: seedy
- Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and...1905, Maude Gridley Peterson, How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants When Not in Flower by Means of Fruit and Leaf, Macmillan, page 202
- Synonyms:
- seedy
Synonyms of seedlike
Forms of seedlike
| comparative | more seedlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most seedlike |
Origin of seedlike
From seed + -like.
Questions about seedlike
- What does seedlike mean?
- Seedlike means resembling or characteristic of a seed.
- What part of speech is seedlike?
- Seedlike is an adjective.
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