seed
noun
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
seedlike
-
a word derived from
seed.
Example Sentences
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Chondrules, small seedlike rocks measuring up to just a few millimeters across, are thought to have formed some 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after the birth of our solar system.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020
But a number of survivalist species of bacteria are able to form inactive seedlike spores.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2011
The skin cells take root, seedlike, in the moist raw surface, absorb nutriment, proliferate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mold.—The dust raised in sweeping contains tiny living seedlike bodies.
From Health Lessons Book 1 by Alvin Davison
As, then, in Augustine's opinion it is contended that the seedlike forms of all natural effects were implanted in the creature when corporeally created, so straightway from the beginning the angels were created in grace.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
