seed

English

/siːd/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  • (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
  • (countable) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
  • (uncountable) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
  • (countable) A fragment of coral.
  • (uncountable) Semen.
  • (countable) A precursor.
  • (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
  • (now) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
  • Race; generation; birth.
  • A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English seed inherited from Old English sēd inherited from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz (seed, that which can be sown) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁tis, *seh₁- (sow, plant, sort, late, long, lineup, line up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*seh₁-

Gloss

sow, plant, sort, late, long, lineup, line up

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

並

Emoji
🐖

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