- (n.) Race; generation; birth.
- (v.t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
- (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
- (pl.) of Seed.
- (n.) The principle of production.
- (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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