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deseed, v.|diːˈsiːd|
[f. de- II. 2 + seed n.]
trans. To remove the seeds from (a plant, vegetable, etc.). Also deˈseeded ppl. a.; deˈseeding vbl. n.; deˈseeder n., a machine for deseeding.
1931Melliand Textile Monthly July 316/2 The Grant or Farmer's machine..de-seeds the straw and decorticates it at the same time. Deseeding, threshing or rippling—each of which it is sometimes called—usually is a tedious hand operation. 1941Flax Cultivation (Kenya Dept. Agric.) 4 The cost of deseeding machinery has induced many planters to evolve their own deseeding methods... Rippling has a decided advantage over other methods of deseeding. 1943T. L. McClelland Fiber-Flax Machinery (U.S. Dept. Agric. Circular No. 667) 10 Deseeders of the type developed by the Department deseed approximately 15 tons of pulled flax per 8-hour day. 1958New Biol. XXVII. 15 In most countries the deseeded flax straw is now retted in warm water in concrete tanks. 1970J. Turner Sometimes into England i. i. 19 First of all the ‘beets’, as the bundles of flax straw are called, are put into a de-seeding machine. A pair of huge iron combs tears through the straw lengthwise and fetches off the seeds. 1985L. Blue Kitchen Blues 78, I add..a minced deseeded green chili. 1986Wanganui (N.Z.) Chron. 19 Feb. 8/8 Deseed the tomato and cut flesh finely. |