seed
Noun
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is a type of: fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plantsubtypes:
- edible seed - many are used as seasoning
- coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry - a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
- pip - a small hard seed found in some fruits
- bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed - hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
- job's tears - hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads
- oil-rich seed, oilseed - any of several seeds that yield oil
- safflower seed - seed of the safflower
- caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- ash-key - winged seed of the ash tree
- coquilla nut - nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory
- babassu nut - hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm
- cohune nut - nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts
- apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory - nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons
- neem seed - seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products
- buckeye, conker, horse chestnut - the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
- jumping bean, jumping seed, mexican jumping bean - seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
- bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
- nut - usually large hard-shelled seed
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is a type of: ovule - a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
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is a type of: participant, player - a person who participates in or is skilled at some gamesame as: seeded player
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is a type of: inspiration - arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativitysubtypes:
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is a type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance - the liquid parts of the bodysubtypes: milt - seminal fluid produced by male fish
Verb
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subtypes: reseed - seed again or anew
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is a type of: finance - obtain or provide money for
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referred to in: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stocksubtypes:
- broadcast - sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- inseminate, sow, sow in - place seeds in or on (the ground)
- scatter - sow by scattering
same as: sow -
is a type of: inoculate - introduce a microorganism into
Found on Word Lists
- Nouns denoting body parts
- Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- Nouns denoting people
- Nouns denoting plants
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- Verbs of buying, selling, owning
- Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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