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— Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2 (a). — Seed eater (Zoöl.), any finch of the genera Sporophila, and
Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds. — Seed gall (Zoöl.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed
on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera. — Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
— Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf. — Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
— Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
— Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value. — Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds
are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. — Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or
seed; a funicle. — Seed tick (Zoöl.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color.
— Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp. — Seed weevil (Zoöl.),
any one of numerous small weevils, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of
various plants. — Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.]
Seed
(Seed) v. i.
1. To sow seed.
2. To shed the seed. Mortimer.
3. To grow to maturity, and produce seed.
Many interests have grown up, and seeded, and twisted their roots in the crevices of many wrongs. Landor. Seed
(Seed), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeding.]
1. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. B. Jonson. To seed down, to sow with grass seed.
Seedbox
(Seed"box`) n. (Bot.) (a) A capsule. (b) A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat
cubical or box-shaped capsules.
Seedcake
(Seed"cake`) n. A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway. Tusser.
Seedcod
(Seed"cod`) n. A seedlip. [Prov. Eng.]
Seeder
(Seed"er) n. One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.
Seediness
(Seed`i*ness) n. The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness
or exhaustion. [Colloq.] G. Eliot.
What is called seediness, after a debauch, is a plain proof that nature has been outraged. J. S. Blackie. Seed-lac
(Seed"-lac`) n. A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.
Seedless
(Seed"less), a. Without seed or seeds.
Seedling
(Seed"ling) n. (Bot.) A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by
layers, buds, or the like.
Seedlip
(Seed"lip` Seed"lop`) n. [AS. s&aemacrdleáp; s&aemacrd seed + leáp basket.] A vessel in
which a sower carries the seed to be scattered. [Prov. Eng.]
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