seed
noun
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
seeds
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pluralof seed.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof seed (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
seednounthe fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
Example Sentences
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The shrubs may reach full size around year 10, but it takes them two to three decades to fully mature and rebuild their bank of seeds underground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The remarkable display followed months of unusually wet weather, awakening seeds that had been lying dormant beneath the soil.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Ukraine, which is a major exporter of corn, wheat, colza, sunflower seeds and vegetable oil, submitted its EU membership bid days after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
McClendon died in a car crash a decade ago, but Mike Knopp, founder of Riversport Foundation, the nonprofit that operates the site, credits him with planting the seeds of the Olympic project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Still full of forebodings of a hard winter, he foraged about for what he was sure was the last edible stuff on the island: various seeds, dry berries, mushrooms.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
