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seed [n]

1)	a small hard fruit

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fruit edible_seed coffee pip bonduc_nut job's_tears oilseed safflower_seed caryopsis ash-key coquilla_nut babassu_nut cohune_nut apple_nut neem_seed buckeye jumping_bean bean nut kernel

2)	a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

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ovule episperm endosperm pericarp

3)	one of the outstanding players in a tournament

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seeded_player

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participant

4)	anything that provides inspiration for later work

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germ source

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inspiration develop taproot muse

5)	the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

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cum ejaculate semen seminal_fluid

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bodily_fluid ejaculate fecundate milt sperm

seed [v]

1)	go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"

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disgorge reseed

2)	help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

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finance

3)	bear seeds

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bear

4)	place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"

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sough sow

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inseminate lay agriculture seeder sower broadcast scatter

5)	distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

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grade athletics

6)	sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"

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process cloud_seeder

7)	inoculate with microorganisms

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inoculate

8)	remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"

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remove seeder

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. Simultaneous Engineering Environment.

2. Software Engineering Environment.

(1999-04-26)

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