Phrase Hound found 174 phrases and 157 compound words that contain seed. The most common are listed below. Open seed in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 174
- seed oilA form of edible oil extracted from seeds.
- seed moneyMoney used to set up a new business venture.
- grass seedSeed(s) harvested from grass that can be sown to create areas of grass.
- lotus seeda fruit (nut) or seed (kernel) of a plant in the genus Nelumbo, particularly the species Nelumbo nucifera, as used in East Asian cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese desserts.
- mustard seedA small, round seed of the mustard plant.
- sunflower seedA seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.
- apple seedThe seed of the fruit of the Malus domestica (apple) tree or other tree of the genus Malus.
- plant a seedTo do something that will produce results or change in the future.
- go to seedTo pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds.
- seed libraryAn institution or community resource that lends or shares seeds.
- seed drillA type of sowing machine.
- seed plantA plant which reproduces by breading seeds in the wide sense of the term, including spores etc.
- pumpkin seedAn edible seed of a pumpkin or other cultivars of squash.
- star seedA person who lived a previous lifetime in one star system and was then reincarnated in another star system.
- seed potatoA potato, usually with tiny shoots (chits), which is planted in the ground in order to grow a potato plant.
- bad seedA genetic source of bad behavior or other negative results.
- chia seedAn edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.
- seed bankSynonym of seed vault: A place used for storage of seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves or biodiversity elsewhere are destroyed.
- seed crystalA small crystal from which a larger crystal of the same substance is grown
- true to seedYielding the same type of a plant as that from which a seed was taken.
- seed pitA single seed in the center of a cherry, peach, plum, olive, avocado or other fruit.
- seed bankingThe keeping of seeds in seed vaults.
- seed fundingThe early investment of capital in a startup company in exchange for an equity stake in the company.
- seed treeA tree selected to produce seed for reforestation, especially a superior tree left standing at the time of cutting.
- seed vaultA place used for storage of seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves or biodiversity elsewhere are destroyed.
Compound words 157
- seedyLiteral senses:
- flaxseedThe seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.
- rapeseedThe seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
- cottonseedSeed of the cotton plant.
- seedbedGround prepared for the planting of seeds.
- oilseedThe seed of any of several plants which are used commercially as a source of vegetable oil.
- hayseedSeeds from grass that has become hay.
- grapeseedThe seed of the grape.
- birdseedSeed, usually constituting a mixture from several species of plant, set out as food for birds.
- hempseedThe seed of the hemp plant, used as high-protein food or fishing bait.