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seed (sed)

1. the mature ovule of a flowering plant.

2. a small cylindrical shell of gold or other suitable material, used in application of radiation therapy.

3. to inoculate a culture medium with microorganisms.

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grape seed  a preparation of the seeds of grapes, having antioxidant, antimutagenic, and antiinflammatory properties; used for the prevention of atherosclerosis and cancer and in folk medicine for the treatment of circulatory disorders.

plantago seed , psyllium seed cleaned, dried ripe seed of species of Plantago; used as a bulk-forming laxative.

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seed (sd)

n.

1. A ripened plant ovule that contains an embryo.

2. A propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber or a spore.

3. Sperm; semen.

4. A pellet filled with a radioactive isotope that is implanted at the site of a cancerous tumor to provide localized administration of radiation.

v.

To inoculate a culture medium with microorganisms.

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seed

1. the mature ovule of a flowering plant.

2. semen.

3. a small cylindrical shell of gold or other suitable material, used in application of radiation therapy.

4. to inoculate a culture medium with microorganisms.

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seed dressing

chemicals mixed with seed grain to prevent infestion with insects and rodents and infection by fungi. Most are poisonous to animals and deaths may occur if the grain is not used as seed and is put back into the animal feed chain. The amount of feed in a collection of seed is usually very large and the probability is that it would be fed without dilution which would reduce its toxicity. Grain or grain products are also used as bait for birds, or to repel birds and to poison snails and other garden pests and all of them may be accessible to animals.

seed grain

cereal grain intended to be used as seed for a crop.

seed mixtures

mixtures of small grass and cereal seeds used as feed for companion birds. Some of the seeds used are the millets, chopped oat groats, canary grass (Phalaris spp.) seed, sunflower seed, hemp seed, rape seed.

plantago seed, plantain seed, psyllium seed

cleaned, dried ripe seed of species of Plantago; used as a cathartic.

radon seed

a small sealed container for radon, for insertion into the tissues of the body in radiotherapy.

seed tick

larval form, the stage prior to the nymph.