1. The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the reproduction and conservation of the species. The See ds of plants are a deciduous part, containing the rudiments of a new vegetable. In some cases, the See ds costitute the fruit or valuable part of plants, as in the case of wheat and other esculent grain; sometimes the See ds are inclosed in fruit, as in apples and melons. When applied to animal matter, it has no plural.
2. That from which any thing springs; first principle; original; as the See ds of virtue or vice.
3. Principle of production.
Praise of great acts he scatters as a See d. Waller.
4. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as the See d of Abraham; the See d of David. In this sense, the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form; but rarely used in the plural.
5. Race; generation; birth.
Of mortal See d they were not held. Waller. SEED
, v. i.
1. To grow to maturity, so as to produce See d. Maiz will not See d in a cool climate.
2. To shed the See d.
SEED, v. t. To sow; to sprinkle with See d, which germinates and takes root.
