seed leafn.
/ˈsiːd liːf/, U.S. /ˈsid ˌlif/ 1. A cotyledon, esp. a cotyledon which has become the first leaf or leaves of a seedling.in the seed leaf: still retaining the seed leaves.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > cotyledon or seed-leaf
seed leafa1682
seedling leaf1699
ear leaf1718
seed lobe1720
deaf-ear1725
cotyledon1776
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 66 After the first Leaves succeeding to the Seed Leaves, they send forth a Stalk.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Bi Seed Leaves, are the first Leaves that Spring up like ears on each side, at the first cleaving or sprouting of any Seed.
1718 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening: Pt. 3 160 Small Herbs in Sallets, are such as should be always cut while they are in the Seed-Leaf; such as Cresses, Mustard, Radish, Turnep, Rape, Spinage and Letuce.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. E7 In English we commonly call this part the Cotyledon or seed-lobe, when we speak of it as a portion of the seed, in a quiescent state—and the seed-leaf, when the seed is in a growing state.
1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iii. i. 704 He tried dusting the rows, when the plants were in the seed-leaf, with quicklime.
1877 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (ed. 4) 71 The cotyledons of the contained embryo swell, burst the seed coat, and, becoming green, emerge as the fleshy seed leaves.
1934 Jrnl. Ministry Agric. Dec. 833 The defect..shows itself mainly in the form of a dark, often slightly sunken spot..on the face of each seed-leaf.
1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Apr. w34 Hold each seedling by a seed leaf and using a dibber or pencil, tease it away from the others.
2011 R. Fortey Survivors vi. 182 The ‘monocots’ have only one seed leaf.
2. Also more fully seed leaf tobacco. Any of several varieties of tobacco, typically grown in the northern United States from imported seed, having broad leaves especially used for cigar wrappers.Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the state where the tobacco is grown.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > other types of tobacco
craccus1617
mavis1641
shoot-tobacco1666
funk1677
black tobacco1698
kite's-foot1788
dark leaf1829
bird's eye1834
bright leaf1834
honeydew tobacco1835
seed leaf1837
long-tails1839
honeydew1843
caporal1850
dogleg tobacco1856
dogleg1863
Boer1881
burley1881
black boy1898
snus1916
1837 Southern Agriculturalist Sept. 494 Seed leaf is considerably grown in Connecticut.
1852 Morning Post 18 June 6/2 By auction 40 bales Havana sold at 271/ 4 to 41 cents. and 37 cases old Pennsylvania seed leaf, 51/ 2 to 131/ 2.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 425/2 The ‘seed-leaf’ tobacco of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Ohio, grown from Havana seed, is devoted to cigar-making in the United States.
1910 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches 267 I bought what was called a seed-leaf cigar with a Connecticut wrapper.
1925 Times 20 Oct. p. xii/1 Seed leaf is..so called owing to its being raised from Havana seed.
1975 Code of Federal Regulations: 7: Agric. (Office of Federal Register, U.S.) 586/2 The type of cigar-leaf tobacco commonly known as Gebhardt, Ohio Seedleaf, or Ohio Broadleaf.
2002 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 30 Sept. a1 The state's production of corn, soybeans and seed-leaf tobacco are expected to be below last year's levels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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