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| achene |
a small, dry, hard seed that is attached at a single point and that does not split open when it is mature. |
| albumen |
the nutritive substance surrounding an embryo or seed, such as the white of an egg. [1/2 definitions] |
| almond |
the hard oval seed of this tree that is like a nut and eaten as food. [2/3 definitions] |
| aniseed |
the seed of the anise plant, used as flavoring and in medicine. |
| apocarpous |
having distinctly separate seed-bearing organs, as the strawberry. |
| barleycorn |
barley, or a seed of the barley plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| bean |
the seed of certain plants that is eaten as a vegetable. |
| berry |
in botany, a fleshy fruit with a seed or seeds embedded in the pulp, such as the grape, currant, or tomato. [1/5 definitions] |
| black-eyed pea |
the seed of the cowpea plant, used as food; cowpea. |
| blossom |
the flower of a plant that makes the seed or fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| boll |
the seed pod of plants, such as cotton. |
| boll weevil |
a small beetle with a gray body and a long snout. It lays eggs in the seed pods of the cotton plant where they hatch and cause much damage to crops. |
| bolt1 |
to produce flowers or go to seed prematurely. [1/14 definitions] |
| Brazil nut |
a large, oily triangular nut, the seed of a large tropical South American tree, or the tree itself. |
| broadcast |
a method of sowing seed by scattering it randomly over the soil. [1/9 definitions] |
| bur |
the prickly and sharp covering for the seed of some plants. [1/2 definitions] |
| cacao |
the seed of this tree, used in making chocolate and cocoa. [1/2 definitions] |
| capsule |
any of several kinds of cases or envelopes covering or enclosing parts of living things, such as the seed case of certain fruits, or the membranous cover of a joint or organ. [1/7 definitions] |
| caraway |
the seed of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| cardamom |
the seed of an Asiatic perennial or an East Indian plant, used medicinally and as a spice. [2 definitions] |
| celery salt |
a seasoning that consists of ground celery seed and salt. |
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