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seed

a) Held in reserve for future growth.

seed money

b) First. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.

Don’t eat your seed corn

2. noun /siːd/

a) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.

If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.

b) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.

3. verb /siːd/

a) To plant or sow an area with seeds.

I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.

b) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.

A venture capitalist seeds young companies.

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