seed : Idioms & Phrases

Am"ber seed`

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1. Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

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• noun liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
  anise; aniseed.
  

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• adjective satellite having black seeds
  

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• noun a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds
  

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• noun aromatic seeds of the caraway plant; used widely as seasoning
  

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• noun bread containing caraway seeds
  

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• noun seed of the celery plant used as seasoning
  

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• noun dried coriander seeds used whole or ground
  coriander.
  

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• noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
  groundsel bush; consumption weed; groundsel tree; Baccharis halimifolia.
  

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• noun aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family
  cumin.
  

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• noun seed of the dill plant used as seasoning
  

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• . (Bot.) See the List under Glass.

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• noun a grass of the genus Sporobolus
  dropseed.
  

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• noun many are used as seasoning
  

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• noun aromatic anis-scented seeds
  

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• noun aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry
  fenugreek.
  

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• noun the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible
  

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• noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  Mexican jumping bean; jumping bean.
  

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• adjective satellite having many seeds
  multi-seeded.
  

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• (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family (Hibiscus moschatus), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See Abelmosk.

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• noun black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders
  

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• noun seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products
  

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• noun hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry
  bonduc nut; nicker nut.
  

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• noun any of several seeds that yield oil
  oilseed.
  

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• adjective satellite having a single seed
  one-seed; one-seeded.
  

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• adjective satellite having a single seed
  one-seed; one-seeded.
  

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• noun small grey seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items
  

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• the seed the opium poppy (P. somniferum).

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• noun southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
  Spinacia oleracea; spinach plant; spinach.
  

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• noun the edible seed of a pumpkin
  

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• . (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin . (b) (Zoöl.) The common pondfish.

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• noun seed of the safflower
  

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• (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.

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• noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
  seed beetle.
  

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• (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule.

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• noun a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon
  seedcake.
  

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• noun a list advertising seeds and their prices
  seed catalog.
  

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• noun a list advertising seeds and their prices
  seed catalog.
  

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• noun protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
  testa; episperm.
  

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• (Bot.), the covering of a seed.

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• noun good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting
  seed corn.
  

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• (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.

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• (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed.

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• . See 6th Drill, 2 (a).

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• (Zoöl.), any finch of the genera Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.

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• noun an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
  pteridosperm.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera.

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• noun good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting
  seed corn.
  

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• noun granular material obtained from stick lac by crushing and washing
  

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• noun embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
  cotyledon.
  

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• (Bot.), a cotyledon.

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• (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.

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• noun capital needed to set up a new business or enterprise
  

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• oil expressed from the seeds of plants.

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• noun a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation
  

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• a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality.

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• noun a small imperfect pearl
  

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• a small pearl of little value.

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• noun plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
  spermatophyte; phanerogam.
  

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• the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.

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• noun tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
  ostracod; mussel shrimp.
  

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• (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle.

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• noun a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color.

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• noun the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
  pericarp.
  

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• (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp.

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• noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
  seed beetle.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants.

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• cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. Southern U.S.

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Seed"-lac` noun

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1. A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.

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• noun one of the outstanding players in a tournament
  seed.
  

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• noun seeded grape that has been dried
  

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• adjective satellite growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds
  self-sowed; self-sown.
  

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• noun small oval seeds of the sesame plant
  benniseed.
  

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• adjective satellite having many seeds
  multi-seeded.
  

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• noun eggs of a silkworm
  

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• adjective satellite having a single seed
  one-seed; one-seeded.
  

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• adjective satellite having relatively small seeds
  

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Stick"-seed` noun

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1. (Bot.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.

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• noun edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil
  

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• noun oil from sunflower seeds
  sunflower oil.
  

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• adjective satellite having three seeds
  

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• noun weedy herb of eastern North America
  Acalypha virginica.
  

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• to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.

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• to sow with grass seed.

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• (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.

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• adjective satellite having white seeds
  

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