seed

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seed[1,noun] seed[2,intransitive verb] seed[3,adjective] caraway caraway seed coriander melon-seed body pepo plantago seed poppy-seed oil psyllium seed pumpkin seed seed tick

Main Entry: ¹seed
Pronunciation: sd
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural seed or seeds
1 a : 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 (as a spore or small dry fruit) b : a propagative animal structure: (1) : MILT : SEMEN (2) : a small egg (as of an insect) (3) : a developmental form of a lower animal -- see SEED TICK
2 : a small usually glass and gold or platinum capsule used as a container for a radioactive substance (as radium or radon) to be applied usually interstitially in the treatment of cancer <implantation of radon seeds for bladder cancer>