A propagative part of a plant, as a tuber or spore.
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A ripened plant ovule containing an embryo.
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A seed oyster or oysters; spat.
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A small amount of material used to start a chemical reaction.
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A small crystal used to start a crystallization process.
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idiom
Go To become weak or devitalized; deteriorate: The old neighborhood has gone to seed.
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Go To pass into the seed-bearing stage.
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adjective
Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business.
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Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed wheat.
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verb-transitive
Medicine To cause (cells or a tumor, for example) to grow or multiply.
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Meteorology To sprinkle (a cloud) with particles, as of silver iodide, in order to disperse it or to produce precipitation.
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Sports To arrange (the drawing for positions in a tournament) so that the more skilled contestants meet in the later rounds.
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Sports To rank (a contestant) in this way.
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To furnish with something that grows or stimulates growth or development: a bioreactor seeded with bacteria.
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verb-intransitive
Medicine To grow or multiply, as a tumor.
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To go to seed.
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To sow seed.
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