Seed
noun
A small object produced by a plant from which a new plant can grow.
The apple has many seeds.
Often appears as...
- plant seeds
- seed potatoes
noun
The beginning or cause of something.
His business was the seed of a major corporation.
Often appears as...
- seed of doubt
- seed of an idea
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
A person who is placed in a certain position in a competition based on their abilities.
She's the number 1 seed in this tennis tournament.
Often appears as...
- top seed
- seeded player
Usage tips
Idiomatic
verb
To plant seeds in an area of ground.
We decided to seed the garden with carrots and tomatoes.
Often appears as...
- seed a lawn
- seed a field
verb
To remove seeds from a fruit or vegetable.
Please seed the grapes before you add them to the salad.
Often appears as...
- seed a chili
- seed a tomato
noun
A small object produced by a plant from which a new plant can grow.
The apple has many seeds.
Often appears as...
- plant seeds
- seed potatoes
noun
The beginning or cause of something.
His business was the seed of a major corporation.
Often appears as...
- seed of doubt
- seed of an idea
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
A person who is placed in a certain position in a competition based on their abilities.
She's the number 1 seed in this tennis tournament.
Often appears as...
- top seed
- seeded player
Usage tips
Idiomatic
verb
To plant seeds in an area of ground.
We decided to seed the garden with carrots and tomatoes.
Often appears as...
- seed a lawn
- seed a field
verb
To remove seeds from a fruit or vegetable.
Please seed the grapes before you add them to the salad.
Often appears as...
- seed a chili
- seed a tomato
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Plant Reproduction
Relates to how plants produce the next generation through seeds.
The seed contains all the necessary material to grow into a mature plant.
Pro Tip 2/2Symbol of Potential
Metaphorically, a seed represents potential for growth and development.
The community garden began as a simple seed of collaboration.
Pro Tip 1/2Plant Reproduction
Relates to how plants produce the next generation through seeds.
The seed contains all the necessary material to grow into a mature plant.
Pro Tip 2/2Symbol of Potential
Metaphorically, a seed represents potential for growth and development.
The community garden began as a simple seed of collaboration.
Pro Tip 1/2Plant Reproduction
Relates to how plants produce the next generation through seeds.
The seed contains all the necessary material to grow into a mature plant.
Pro Tip 2/2Symbol of Potential
Metaphorically, a seed represents potential for growth and development.
The community garden began as a simple seed of collaboration.
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Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
These seeds are not being sold. These seeds are being distributed freely through traditional kinds of certification groups, so it is very important in less developed countries that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy.
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Why are there so many...
It takes about five years for these seeds to grow into trees that produce apples, but because of the way traits are inherited, all of the seedlings produced will have different sets of genes and characteristics. This means that to achieve a desired quality, it takes a lot of offspring,
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Questions No One Knows...
is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy. Or, perhaps civilization carries with it the seeds of its own destruction
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Why is it so hard to...
These are rare but seem to have special properties that make them resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. In theory, even if the rest of the tumor shrinks beyond detection during treatment, a single residual cancer stem cell could seed the growth of a new tumor.
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How do pregnancy tests...
and found that it predicted pregnancy with a respectable 70% accuracy, though it couldn't reliably tell the sex of the baby. Scientists hypothesized that the test worked because pregnant women's urine contains more estrogen, which can promote seed growth.
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How does caffeine keep...
In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers.
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Sir David Attenborough...
ants are among the most numerous widespread and frequently exploited members of the undergrowth these in australia collect seeds and store them underground plants encourage them to do so by adding
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Iceland Is Growing New...
problem our aim is to produce the seed that we need here in Iceland that it will eventually all be of genetically well adapted material the genetics of forest trees are important how much heat
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The myth of Cupid and...
First, Psyche was told to sort a huge, messy pile of seeds in a single night. Just as she was abandoning hope, an ant colony took pity on her and helped with the work.
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Hydrogels as an...
help grow more food with less water let's start with two seeds and let's put hydrogel on one side now will irrigate
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
These seeds are not being sold. These seeds are being distributed freely through traditional kinds of certification groups, so it is very important in less developed countries that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy.
Video examples
Why are there so many...
It takes about five years for these seeds to grow into trees that produce apples, but because of the way traits are inherited, all of the seedlings produced will have different sets of genes and characteristics. This means that to achieve a desired quality, it takes a lot of offspring,
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy. Or, perhaps civilization carries with it the seeds of its own destruction
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
These are rare but seem to have special properties that make them resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. In theory, even if the rest of the tumor shrinks beyond detection during treatment, a single residual cancer stem cell could seed the growth of a new tumor.
Video examples
How do pregnancy tests...
and found that it predicted pregnancy with a respectable 70% accuracy, though it couldn't reliably tell the sex of the baby. Scientists hypothesized that the test worked because pregnant women's urine contains more estrogen, which can promote seed growth.
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers.
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
ants are among the most numerous widespread and frequently exploited members of the undergrowth these in australia collect seeds and store them underground plants encourage them to do so by adding
Video examples
Iceland Is Growing New...
problem our aim is to produce the seed that we need here in Iceland that it will eventually all be of genetically well adapted material the genetics of forest trees are important how much heat
Video examples
The myth of Cupid and...
First, Psyche was told to sort a huge, messy pile of seeds in a single night. Just as she was abandoning hope, an ant colony took pity on her and helped with the work.
Video examples
Hydrogels as an...
help grow more food with less water let's start with two seeds and let's put hydrogel on one side now will irrigate
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
I'm a scientist - a geobiologist who's been studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil for over twenty years. One day, I realized that I wanted, needed, to tell people - and not just other scientists - about my life in science.
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Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
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Aileen Lee
American Businesswoman
Seed stage is an investment area that is really important for early stage startups. It feels like there is a need for trusted, experienced people to work with and to guide startups at this level.
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Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
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Ben Vereen
American Actor
If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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Guy Finley
American Writer
Every truth ever discovered, each new spiritual light that will ever burn bright has already been seeded in our consciousness.
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Michael Robotham
Australian Writer
All of my novels are seeded in real life events, and 'The Wreckage' is no different.
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Valerie Jarrett
American Lawyer
Many of our advances in science and technology were seeded through government.
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Rita Marley
Jamaican Singer
Water is truly the seed of life.
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
I'm a scientist - a geobiologist who's been studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil for over twenty years. One day, I realized that I wanted, needed, to tell people - and not just other scientists - about my life in science.
Quote examples
Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
Quote examples
Aileen Lee
American Businesswoman
Seed stage is an investment area that is really important for early stage startups. It feels like there is a need for trusted, experienced people to work with and to guide startups at this level.
Quote examples
Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
Quote examples
Ben Vereen
American Actor
If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers.
Quote examples
Napoleon Hill
American Author
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Quote examples
Guy Finley
American Writer
Every truth ever discovered, each new spiritual light that will ever burn bright has already been seeded in our consciousness.
Quote examples
Michael Robotham
Australian Writer
All of my novels are seeded in real life events, and 'The Wreckage' is no different.
Quote examples
Valerie Jarrett
American Lawyer
Many of our advances in science and technology were seeded through government.
Quote examples
Rita Marley
Jamaican Singer
Water is truly the seed of life.
Example 1 of 10
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