| fingerling | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. fingerling | a young or small fish. |
| ~ fish | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills.; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" |
| seed | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. seed | a small hard fruit. |
| ~ edible seed | many are used as seasoning. |
| ~ coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee | a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. |
| ~ pip | a small hard seed found in some fruits. |
| ~ bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed | hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry. |
| ~ job's tears | hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads. |
| ~ oil-rich seed, oilseed | any of several seeds that yield oil. |
| ~ safflower seed | seed of the safflower. |
| ~ caryopsis, grain | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. |
| ~ ash-key | winged seed of the ash tree. |
| ~ coquilla nut | nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory. |
| ~ babassu nut | hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm. |
| ~ cohune nut | nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts. |
| ~ apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory | nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons. |
| ~ neem seed | seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products. |
| ~ buckeye, conker, horse chestnut | the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut. |
| ~ jumping bean, jumping seed, mexican jumping bean | seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble. |
| ~ fruit | the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant. |
| ~ bean | any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans. |
| ~ nut | usually large hard-shelled seed. |
| ~ kernel, meat | the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone.; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" |
| n. (plant) | 2. seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa. |
| ~ ovule | a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization. |
| ~ episperm, seed coat, testa | protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants. |
| ~ endosperm | nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants. |
| ~ pericarp, seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary. |
| n. (person) | 3. seed, seeded player | one of the outstanding players in a tournament. |
| ~ player, participant | a person who participates in or is skilled at some game. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. germ, seed, source | anything that provides inspiration for later work. |
| ~ inspiration | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. |
| ~ taproot | something that provides an important central source for growth or development.; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot" |
| ~ muse | the source of an artist's inspiration.; "Euterpe was his muse" |
| n. (body) | 5. come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. |
| ~ milt | seminal fluid produced by male fish. |
| ~ bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor | the liquid parts of the body. |
| ~ sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete.; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" |
| v. (contact) | 6. seed | go to seed; shed seeds.; "The dandelions went to seed" |
| ~ reseed | seed again or anew. |
| ~ disgorge, shed, spill | cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.; "spill the beans all over the table" |
| v. (possession) | 7. seed | help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money. |
| ~ finance | obtain or provide money for.; "Can we finance the addition to our home?" |
| v. (creation) | 8. seed | bear seeds. |
| ~ bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 9. seed, sow | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.; "She sowed sunflower seeds" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ broadcast | sow over a wide area, especially by hand.; "broadcast seeds" |
| ~ inseminate, sow in, sow | place seeds in or on (the ground).; "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" |
| ~ inseminate, sow in, sow | place seeds in or on (the ground).; "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" |
| ~ scatter | sow by scattering.; "scatter seeds" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ grade, rate, rank, place, range, order | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| v. (change) | 11. seed | sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain.; "seed clouds" |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| v. (change) | 12. seed | inoculate with microorganisms. |
| ~ inoculate | introduce a microorganism into. |
| v. (change) | 13. seed | remove the seeds from.; "seed grapes" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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