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noun Botany.

a cotyledon.

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Origin of seed leaf

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby seed leaf

seed coral, seed corn, seedeater, seeder, seed fern, seed leaf, seedless plant, seedling, seed money, see double, seed oyster

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How to use seed leaf in a sentence

A lot of us Republicans are having trouble getting the leaf blower started.
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns|P. J. O’Rourke|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where does this “Arab Tea Leaf” come from, according to the talking heads?
Chinese Getting Hooked on the Middle East's Favorite Drug|Brendon Hong|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.”
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Grown in the jungle by the indigenous Kichwa, guayusa (gwhy-you-sa) is a sacred leaf used in ceremonial rituals.
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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.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.
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Hitherto, I have not given the subject much consideration, but I turn over a new leaf from the date of this adventure.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for seed leaf

seed leaf

noun

the nontechnical name for cotyledon

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Scientific definitions for seed leaf

seed leaf

See cotyledon.