Seed

of Seed

A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

The principle of production.

Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

Race; generation; birth.

To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.

To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

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

a small hard fruit