英语词汇“seed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

the grains or ripened fertilized ovules of plants used for sowing

the fertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant or conifer that contains an embryo and is capable of germination to produce a new plant

said of a plant: the condition or stage of bearing seed

in seed

a source of development or growth

the seeds of doubt

a competitor who has been seeded in a tournament

something, e.g. a tiny particle, that resembles a seed in shape or size

a crystal introduced into a solution to induce crystallization

(used before a noun)

acting as a seed

a seed crystal

used for planting

a seed potato

archaic or literary

semen, sperm, or milt

offspring; progeny

go/run to seed

said of a plant: to develop seed

to decay

to become unattractive by being shabby or careless about appearance

seeded adj

seedless adj

seedlike adj

[Old English sǣd; related to Old English sāwan sow²]

to sow seed

said of a plant: to produce or shed seeds

verb trans

to plant seeds in (a field, plot, etc)

to sow (seeds)

to extract the seeds from (raisins, etc)

to schedule (tournament players or teams) so that superior ones will not meet in early rounds

to rank (a contestant) relative to others on the basis of previous record

to treat (a solution, etc) with solid particles to stimulate crystallization, condensation, etc

to treat (a cloud) in this way to produce rain, snow, etc