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a (1) : the grains or ripened ovules of plants used for sowing. (2) : the fertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant containing an embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant. broadly : a propagative plant structure (such as a spore or small dry fruit) b. : a propagative animal structure:
A mature fertilized ovule of angiosperms and gymnosperms that contains an embryo and the food it will need to grow into a new plant. Seeds provide a great reproductive advantage in being able to survive for extended periods until conditions are favorable for germination and growth.
SEED definition: 1. a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new…. Learn more.
1. a. A mature plant ovule containing an embryo. b. A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part. c. Seeds considered as a group: a farmer buying seed. d. The seed-bearing stage of a plant: The grass is in seed. 2. a. A larval shellfish or a hatchling fish: released scallop seed in the bay. b.
A seed is basically a baby plant — it's the way plants reproduce. One tiny sunflower seed can potentially grow into a sunflower that's ten feet tall. Some seeds are just a tiny speck, others a small pod, and still others a cluster inside a fruit.
A seed is the small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows. ...a packet of cabbage seed. I sow the seed in pots of soil-based compost. ...sunflower seeds. Synonyms: grain, pip, germ, kernel More Synonyms of seed. 2. verb. If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it.
1 (especially of a vegetable plant) to produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves The lettuces had all run to seed. 2 to become much less attractive or good because of lack of attention After his divorce, he let himself go to seed. sow the seeds of something.