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(biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
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The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
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(of a plant) To pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds.
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Alternative spelling of low-hanging fruit [(idiomatic) Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.]
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(obsolete) The first fruits.
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Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow.
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(uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
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A place used for storage of seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves or biodiversity elsewhere are destroyed.
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The condition of being, or the extent to which something has been seeded
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(obsolete) A basket or other device used for carrying seed while sowing.
adj
(nonstandard) Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
n
A plot of land where seeds are sown.
adj
Having the flavour of seeds.
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(agriculture) A specific geographical area from which seeds are collected.
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(of a plant) to propagate itself by shedding seeds.
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Alternative form of semé [(heraldry) Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.]
n
(rare) propagation from seed
adj
Alternative form of semé [(heraldry) Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.]
adj
(nonstandard) Of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a tree or trees; arboreal.
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(horticulture) Yielding the same type of plant as that from which a seed was taken.
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(horticulture) The rootstock onto which the scion is grafted.
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