seeds (A1)
noun
Pronunciation: /siːdz/
Definition
The small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.
Examples
The gardener carefully planted the tomato seeds in the fertile soil.
Apple seeds contain a small amount of cyanide and should not be eaten.
She saved some sunflower seeds to plant next spring.
How to Use seeds
- plant seeds (collocation)
- To put seeds into the ground to grow. — "It's time to plant seeds for the spring harvest."
- seeds of (prepositional phrase)
- The beginning or cause of something abstract. — "The seeds of discontent were sown by the new policy."
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