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Definition of Seeds
1. seed [v] - See also: seed
Medical Definition of Seeds
1. The encapsulated embryos of flowering plants. They are used as is or for animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, proteins, and fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower seed are also produced for the oils (fats) they yield. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seeds
Literary usage of Seeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Agricultural seeds were an article of commerce as early as 1747 (Pieters), ...
Among the earliest advertisers of seeds for sale were Nathaniel Bird, 1763, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"77), held that lettuce seeds and spinach seeds were dutiable as "garden seeds;"
and, on March 18, 1884 (Id. 95), it held that nasturtium seeds, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"[5461 On December 23, 1883, a collector having exacted a duty on cabbage seeds
and beet seeds as garden seeds, the Department (30 Int. Rev. Rec. ..."
4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"A LETHAL FACTOR—DEFECTIVE seeds DF JONES Connecticut Agricultural Experiment
Station, New H aren. LETHAL factors are familiar in corn in the form of several ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The roasted seeds of this plant have been used for some time in Europe as a ...
The seeds and cheese examined by the author were obtained from Togoland ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"Perfect specimens of the two seeds were carefully selected by myself and 5 per
cent, tinctures of them prepared. These tinctures were marked "A" and " B," ..."
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