seed
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Synonyms for seed
offspring
semen
Synonyms
- semen
- sperm
- come
- emission
- cum
- ejaculate
- seminal fluid
- spermatozoa
- jism
- spermatic fluid
- spunk
go or run to seed
Synonyms
- decline
- deteriorate
- degenerate
- decay
- go downhill
- go to waste
- go to pieces
- let yourself go
- go to pot
- go to rack and ruin
- retrogress
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Synonyms for seed
a group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors
one's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation
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Synonyms for seed
a small hard fruit
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- edible seed
- coffee bean
- coffee berry
- coffee
- pip
- bonduc nut
- nicker nut
- nicker seed
- Job's tears
- oil-rich seed
- oilseed
- safflower seed
- caryopsis
- grain
- ash-key
- coquilla nut
- babassu nut
- cohune nut
- apple nut
- ivory nut
- vegetable ivory
- neem seed
- buckeye
- conker
- horse chestnut
- jumping bean
- jumping seed
- Mexican jumping bean
- fruit
- bean
- nut
- kernel
- meat
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
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the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
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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
inoculate with microorganisms
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