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Synonyms for seed

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for seed

a fertilized plant ovule capable of germinating

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a propagative part of a plant

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a source of further growth and development

a group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors

one's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation

the male fluid of fertilization

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to put (seeds) into the ground for growth

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Synonyms for seed

a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

one of the outstanding players in a tournament

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anything that provides inspiration for later work

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

go to seed

help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

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bear seeds

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place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

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inoculate with microorganisms

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remove the seeds from

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I gathered cones from large stands of limber pine at each site so that a similar and high frequency of ovules was likely to be pollinated and would initiate seed-coat development (see Smith et al.
Next, I estimated the mass of seed coats for each cone as the number of seeds times the mean seed-coat mass per seed.
Seed-coat morphology in Cordylanthus (Scrophulariaceae) and its taxonomic significance.
Three plants of selection 268 and five plants of selection 271 contained all yellow seed-coats compared to the normal brown seed-coat.
In desert areas of Southern California, where birds feed intensively on seeds, the seed-coat patterns of local ecotypes of Salvia columbariae Benth.
The neps and seed-coat fragments eventually end up in the yarn and cloth where they are responsible for approximately 27% of the yarn's imperfections (Herbert and Thibodeax, 1993).