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seeds

/siːdz/

seeds is the plural of seed.

seeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seed.

Meaning of seed

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.

See all 29 meanings of seed

Proper noun capitalized: Seeds

Seeds

  1. (plural) plural of Seed
  2. A Life-like cellular automaton with the rule B2/S.

Phrases with seeds

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Words that rhyme with seeds

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Questions about seeds

What does seeds mean?
Seeds means a Life-like cellular automaton with the rule B2/S.
What is seeds the plural of?
Seeds is the plural of seed.
What part of speech is seeds?
Seeds is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce seeds?
Seeds is pronounced /siːdz/.

Words near seeds in the dictionary

  1. seedplots
  2. seedpod
  3. seedpods
  4. seedpoint
  5. seedpoints
  6. seeds
  7. seeds down
  8. seedset
  9. seedsets
  10. seedship
  11. seedships

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