Fruit vs. Seed
Fruitnoun
(botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
‘While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam.’;
Seednoun
(countable) 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.’;
Fruitnoun
Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
‘Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.’;
Seednoun
A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
Fruitnoun
An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
‘His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.’;
Seednoun
(uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
‘The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.’;
Fruitnoun
Offspring from a sexual union.
‘Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.’; ‘The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.’;
Seednoun
(uncountable) Semen.
‘A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.’;
Fruitnoun
A homosexual or effeminate man.
Seednoun
A precursor.
‘the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?’;
Fruitnoun
modifier}} Of, pertaining to, or having fruit; of living things producing or consuming fruit.
Seednoun
(countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
Fruitverb
To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
Seednoun
The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
‘The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.’;
Fruitnoun
Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; - commonly used in the plural.
‘Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in thefruits thereof.’;
Seednoun
The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
‘The rookie was a surprising top seed.’;
Fruitnoun
The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
Seednoun
Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)
‘If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.’;
Fruitnoun
The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
Seednoun
Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
‘The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.’;
Fruitnoun
The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
Seednoun
Offspring, descendants, progeny.
‘the seed of Abraham’;
Fruitnoun
The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
‘King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown.’;
Seednoun
Race; generation; birth.
Fruitnoun
That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
‘The fruit of rashness.’; ‘What I obtained was the fruit of no bargain.’; ‘They shall eat the fruit of their doings.’; ‘The fruits of this education became visible.’;
Seednoun
A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
Fruitverb
To bear fruit.
Seedverb
(transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
‘I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.’;
Fruitnoun
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
Seedverb
(transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
Fruitnoun
the consequence of some effort or action;
‘he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies’;
Fruitverb
cause to bear fruit
Seedverb
(intransitive) To grow to maturity.
Seedverb
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
Seednoun
The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; - not used in the plural.
Seednoun
That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
Seednoun
The principle of production.
‘Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,Which may the like in coming ages breed.’;
Seednoun
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
Seednoun
Race; generation; birth.
‘Of mortal seed they were not held.’;
Seedverb
To sow seed.
Seedverb
To shed the seed.
Seedverb
To grow to maturity, and to produce seed.
‘Many interests have grown up, and seeded, and twisted their roots in the crevices of many wrongs.’;
Seednoun
a small hard fruit
Seednoun
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
Seednoun
one of the outstanding players in a tournament
Seednoun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
Seednoun
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Seedverb
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
Seedverb
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
Seedverb
inoculate with microorganisms
Seedverb
remove the seeds from;
‘seed grapes’;
Seed
A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering. The formation of the seed is part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm plants.
