单词 | seed |
释义 | seed (once / 118 pages) 1nv 2n 3nv 4nv 5v 6v WORD FAMILY seed: reseed, seeded, seeder, seeding, seedless, seeds, seedy+/reseed: reseeded, reseeding, reseeds/seeded: multi-seeded, self-seeded, unseeded/seeder: seeders/seedy: seedier, seediest, seedily, seediness USAGE EXAMPLESBecause each piece of data farmers collect helps them make more precise decisions about resources like seeds, water, soil nutrients and plant health. Time(Dec 01, 2016) In a large bowl, whisk together sesame seeds, paprika, lemon zest, half the juice, garlic and ¼ cup olive oil. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) Choose a seed blend that offers a variety of chewing and fine fescue and perennial rye varieties in the mix. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa Hyper ovule a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization 2n a small hard fruit Hypo|Hyper edible seed many are used as seasoning coffee, coffee bean, coffee berrya seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee pipa small hard seed found in some fruits bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seedhard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry Job's tearshard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads oil-rich seed, oilseedany of several seeds that yield oil safflower seedseed of the safflower caryopsis, graindry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn ash-keywinged seed of the ash tree coquilla nutnut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory babassu nuthard-shelled nut of the babassu palm cohune nutnut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivorynutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons neem seedseed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products buckeye, conker, horse chestnutthe inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut Mexican jumping bean, jumping bean, jumping seedseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble beanany of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans nutusually large hard-shelled seed edible nuta hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell pumpkin seedthe edible seed of a pumpkin areca nut, betel nutseed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia water chinquapinedible nutlike seeds of an American lotus having the flavor of a chinquapin dika nutedible oil-rich seed of wild mango sunflower seededible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil cumin, cumin seedaromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family cedar nut, cembra nutthe seed of the Swiss pine castor beanthe toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil cottonseedseed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil candlenutseed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes coumara nut, tonka beanfragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla algarobilla, algarroba, algarrobillamesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing amaranthseed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America rapeseedseed of rape plants; source of an edible oil barleycorna grain of barley wheat berrya grain of wheat kernela single whole grain of a cereal ryethe seed of the cereal grass cola nut, kola nutbitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract mastnuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground calabar bean, ordeal beandark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft divi-divitwisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin algarroba, algarroba bean, carob, carob bean, locust bean, locust podlong pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute soy, soya bean, soybeana source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food broad bean, fava bean, horsebeanseed of the broad-bean plant palm kernel, palm nutseed of any oil palm nutleta small nut flaxseed, linseedthe seed of flax used as a source of oil fruit the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant 3v remove the seeds from seed grapes Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 4v bear seeds Hyper bear, turn out bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" 5v go to seed; shed seeds The dandelions went to seed Hypo|Hyper reseed seed again or anew disgorge, shed, spill cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over 6v place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth 2She sowed sunflower seeds Syn|Hypo|Hyper sow inseminate, sow, sow in place seeds in or on (the ground) broadcast sow over a wide area, especially by hand inseminate, sow, sow inplace seeds in or on (the ground) scattersow by scattering lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location n the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract 3Hypo|Hyper milt seminal fluid produced by male fish bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance the liquid parts of the body 1n one of the outstanding players in a tournament Syn|Hyper seeded player participant, player a person who participates in or is skilled at some game 2v distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds 4Hyper grade, order, place, range, rank, rate assign a rank or rating to 1n anything that provides inspiration for later work Syn|Hypo|Hyper germ, source taproot something that provides an important central source for growth or development musethe source of an artist's inspiration inspiration arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity 2v help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money 5Hyper finance obtain or provide money for v sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain 6seed clouds Hyper process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition v inoculate with microorganisms Hyper inoculate introduce a microorganism into |
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