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Seed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the reproduction and conservation of the species. The seeds of plants are a deciduous part , containing the rudiments of a new vegetable. In some cases, the seeds costitute the fruit or valuable part of plants, as in the case of wheat and other esculent grain; sometimes the seeds 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 seeds of virtue or vice.

3. Principle of production.

4. Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed . Waller.

5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as the seed of Abraham; the seed 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.

6. Race; generation; birth.

7. Of mortal seed they were not held. Waller.

Seed [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To grow to maturity, so as to produce seed . Maiz will not seed in a cool climate.

2. To shed the seed

Seed [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To sow; to sprinkle with seed which germinates and takes root.

Seed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

2. Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

3. The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

4. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

5. The principle of production.

6. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

7. Race; generation; birth.

Seed [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Seed

Seed [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Seed-bud [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The germ, germen or rudiment of the fruit in embryo.

Seed-cake [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A sweet cake containing aromatic seeds.

Seed-coat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany , the aril or outer coat of a seed.

Seed-lac [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.

Seed-leaf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany , the primary leaf. The seed-leaves are the cotyledons or lobes of a seed expanded and in the vegetation.

Seed-lip [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A vessle in which a sower carries the seed to be dispersed.

Seed-lobe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The lobe of a seed; a cotyledon, which see.

Seed-pearl [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Small grains of pearl.

Seed-plat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SEE'D - PLOT ,

2. The ground on which seeds are sown to produce plants for transplanting; hence,

3. A nursery; a place where any thing is sown or planted for cultivation.

Seed-time [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The season proper for sowing.

2. While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:1 .

Seed-vessel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany , the pericarp which contains the seeds.

Seedbox [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A capsule.

2. A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.

Seedcake [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.

Seedcod [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A seedlip.

Seeded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Seed

Seeder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.

Seediness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion.

Seeding [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Seed

Seedless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without seed or seeds.

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Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Genesis 4:25

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Genesis 7:3

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Genesis 9:9

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Genesis 12:7

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

Genesis 13:16

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 15:13

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Genesis 15:18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Genesis 16:10

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 17:7

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:8

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Genesis 17:9

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

Genesis 17:10

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.