| Main Entry: |
seed |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
beginning, source |
Synonyms: |
berry, bud, cell,
conceit,
concept,
conception,
core, corn, ear, egg, embryo, germ, grain,
image,
impression,
inkling, kernel,
notion, nucleus,
nut, ovule, ovum, particle, rudiment, semen, spark, sperm, spore,
start,
suspicion
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| Notes: |
cede means to give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another - while a seed is a small hard fruit or a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat
a spore is a lone reproductive cell capable of producing a plant without combining with another cell; a seed develops from sexual recombination of genes from within one plant or two separate plants |
Antonyms: |
effect, end, ending, result
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