Niger seed

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noun

the black seed of a tropical African composite plant, Guizotia abyssinica, yielding an oil used as food, in the manufacture of soap, etc.

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Also called ramtil .

Origin of Niger seed

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby Niger seed

Niger-Congo, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerien, Niger-Kordofanian, Niger seed, nigga, niggard, niggardly, nigger, nigger heaven

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How to use Niger seed in a sentence

Famously, Ted Turner in 1997 founded the United Nations Foundation with a generous $1 billion in seed money.
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He said he hoped their “shed blood [would] act as a seed of hope in order to build authentic brotherhood among peoples.”
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When you were setting out to work on The Giver, what planted the seed for this dark, utopian society?
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Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions—on a sesame seed bun.
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In 1954, no one had met anyone like her, or the novel that contained her: ‘The Bad Seed.’
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The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The color (p. 027) of the seed also varies according to the varieties of the plant.
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The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.
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When the man turned bad on his hands, Jahweh was angry, and cursed him and his seed for thousands of years.
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For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Niger seed

Niger seed

noun

another name for ramtil (def. 2)

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